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	Thrifty Teacher's Guide to Creative Learning CentersIt's a common dilemma in early childhood classrooms: How to provide new, interesting experiences on a shoestring budget. This book offers low-cost ideas for gathering and creating rich explorations in… More »	Product: 88389 In Stock $29.95
	The Best for BabiesCaregiver-child interactions are critically important in promoting cognitive, language, and social-emotional learning in young children. With examples and detailed explanations, "The Best for Babies"… More »	Product: 28589 In Stock $12.95
	Lose the Lecture: Engaging Approaches to Early Childhood Professional LearningProfessional development is important, but early childhood professionals get just as bored, worn out, and disengaged from learning as their younger counterparts do. But while pre-K and K-12 classroom… More »	Product: 30730 In Stock $29.95
	Program Administration Scale - PASUsing a 7-point rating scale (inadequate to excellent), this easy-to-use instrument assesses 25 items grouped into 10 categories: human resources development, personnel cost and allocation, center operations,… More »	Product: 24682 In Stock $25.95
	Lead the Way: 24 Lessons in Leadership for After School Program Directors"Lead the Way" provides short, self-guided overviews that both aspiring and practicing after school professionals need to thrive in their roles. The 24 fundamental insights and strategies can… More »	Product: 27924 In Stock $9.95
	Build Your Dream Team: How to Recruit, Train, and Retain Early Childhood StaffFinding the right people to staff your center is challenging! Have you ever hired someone you thought was perfect, only to have her leave after a few months? Have you filled a position with a "warm… More »	Product: 33472 In Stock $21.95
	Wired Differently: A Teacher's Guide to Understanding Sensory Processing ChallengesPreschool is a time of wonder when curiosity, development, and learning intersect. While the new sights, routines, and experiences can make preschool exhilarating, what about children who struggle? Perhaps… More »	Product: 34584 In Stock $24.95
	Adventures in Risky Play: What is Your Yes?"Adventures in Risky Play: What is Your Yes?" goes to the heart of risk-taking and children. As educators working with young children, we all have boundaries and feelings around what risky play… More »	Product: 34900 In Stock $34.00
	Building on Whole LeadershipIn a complex and changing landscape of scare funding, high turnover rates, and differing view about priorities, the early childhood profession needs an anchor. The Whole Leadership Framework, developed… More »	Product: 30782 In Stock $29.95
	Inspiring Professional Growth: Empowering Strategies to Lead, Motivate, and Engage TeachersYou've probably seen it: frustration builds, teacher turnover rises, staff meetings become insufferable, indifference breeds throughout the school. Spark change! When your staff feels supported and empowered… More »	Product: 30803 In Stock $18.95
	Growing TogetherCommunities of practice are an age-old phenomenon representing teamwork. Whether its researchers developing treatments for a disease or educators sharing best practices to enhance early childhood learning,… More »	Product: 30815 In Stock $19.95
	Loose Parts Learning in K-3 ClassroomsLoose parts. You have heard the term, probably in the context of promoting engaging play with open-ended, natural, and manufactured materials that can be manipulated with limitless possibilities. In this… More »	Product: 36913 In Stock $34.95
	E-LAP™ Early Learning Activity CardsSet of 414 sequenced cards correlate with E-LAP™ domains and supply teaching procedures, developmental objectives, and suggested activities for expanding emerging skills. Cards are ideal for sending… More »	Product: 4633 In Stock $79.95
	Solutions for Early Childhood Directors: Real Answers to Everyday ChallengesProvides real-world answers for directors who work in the field of early childhood education. Addresses key issues such as training staff, handling discipline, dealing with parents, and creating partnerships… More »	Product: 47288 In Stock $29.95
	The Practical Guide to Quality Child CareThis uniquely comprehensive manual is a clear, easy-to-read handbook that provides specific guidelines for virtually every aspect of early childhood administration. Contents include: sample criteria,… More »	Product: 47289 In Stock $24.95
	A Teacher's Promise - Hardcover3 - 6 years. In every classroom, there is a person who cares about the way children learn, grow, and feel--you, the teacher! The affirming verses and fanciful illustrations in A Teacher's Promise express… More »	Product: 73309 In Stock $16.95
	Business Administration Scale for Family Child Care Second Edition - PaperbackThe Business Administration Scale for Family Child Care (BAS) is the first valid and reliable tool for measuring and improving the overall quality of business and professional practices in family child… More »	Product: 90974 In Stock $25.95
	Through a Child's Eyes: How Classroom Design Inspires Learning and WonderWhen was the last time you got down on your hands and knees to see your classroom from a child's height? Research shows that effective early childhood classroom design begins from the ground up. Classroom… More »	Product: 92826 In Stock $34.95
	Simple Steps: Developmental Activities for Infants, Toddlers, and Two-Year OldsOpen the door to teaching infants, toddlers, and two-year-olds successfully with these 300 activities linked to the latest development in child development. Observe what your children are already doing,… More »	Product: 96430 In Stock $24.95
	America's Child-Care Crisis: Rethinking an Essential BusinessThe child-care industry--essential to American families and to the American economy--is on the verge of collapse. Before COVID-19 struck, the child-care industry faced funding issues and staffing dilemmas,… More »	Product: 36082 In Stock $28.95
	The Path to Early Math: What Preschool Teachers Need to KnowWhether you are a teacher looking for ways to strengthen the math learning in your early childhood classroom, an educator in a community of practice who wants to learn more about teaching math in developmentally… More »	Product: 36911 In Stock $34.95
	Making Space for Preschool MakerspacesWhat can you add to your early childhood classroom that will immerse children in rich learning, reduce challenging behaviors, and develop confidence as well as critical thinking and problem-solving skills?… More »	Product: 36912 In Stock $32.95
	Strength in Diversity: A Positive Approach to Teaching Dual-Language Learners in Early ChildhoodIn the United States, the number of children who come from homes where they speak languages other than English is rising. Despite the common misperception that dual language learners are slower learners… More »	Product: 34587 In Stock $19.95
	Planning for PlayPlay is learning! But play in the early years is endangered by the emphasis on push-down academics, mounting parental expectations, and pressures on early childhood teachers to prepare young children… More »	Product: 89711 In Stock $14.95
	The Basics of Leading a Child-Care Business: The Business of Child CareNow that you've identified the market need for high-quality child care and you've taken the first steps to building your practice, what's next? How do you ensure quality care? How do you create a culture… More »	Product: 36081 In Stock $21.95