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Skills for Preschool Teachers, 8/E
Janice J. Beaty, Professor Emerita, Elmira College

ISBN-10: 0131583786
ISBN-13: 9780131583788

Publisher: Merrill
Copyright: 2008
Format: Paper; 416 pp
Published: 03/02/2007

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For over two decades, Skills for Preschool Teachers has prepared teachers, teaching assistants, college students, classroom volunteers, and CDA candidates to work with children three to five years of age in preschools, center-based child care, Head Starts, amd prekindergartens.  The skills for working with young children are presented in 13 easily-readable, fact-filled chapters, each of which is based on one of the CDA "functional areas": safe, healthy, learning environment, physical, cognitive, communication, creative, self-concept, social, guidance, family, program management, and professionalism.

 

  • NEW! Children's picture books are used as lead-in's to children's activities in every chapter (Ex. pp 104, 217), with 135 new books out of the 200 books described.  In addition, 75 multicultural books are also featured lead-in's.
  • NEW! An expanded discussion of classroom safety factors includes emergency evacuation, field trip safety, and school bus safety (Ex. pp 33, 34).
  • NEW! An expanded discussion of self-concept and the teacher's behavior management style (Ex. pp 218-219).
  • NEW! Rewritten Program Management chapter, designed to focus on assessing children's needs through observing, recording, and interpreting (Ex. pp 312).
  • A discussion of inclusion in each of the chapters.
  • A realistic ethical dilemma presented at the end of every chapter for students to discuss and role-play.
  • Analyzing of food choices, healthy eating and exercising, and obesity prevention.
  • Making the classroom eye-appealing with appropriate colors.
  • How physical activities affect healthy brain development.
  • Problem-solving, high-level thinking, brain imaging technologies, and a comparison of the theories of Piaget and Vygotski.
  • The importance of talk, bilingual activities, young children's reading and writing behaviors, and exciting new books to motivate reading.
  • Teacher creativity, super hero play, and artists such as Georgia O'Keefe.
  • The importance of parallel play and the onlooker-to-parallel-to-cooperative play progression.
  • Using colors to create an emotional tone, setting up an encouraging environment for boys, and new ideas about hitting and biting.
  • A discussion of grandparents raising grandchildren.

  • NEW! Children's picture books are used as lead-in's to children's activities in every chapter (Ex. pp 104, 217), with 135 new books out of the 200 books described.  In addition, 75 multicultural books are also featured lead-in's.
  • NEW! An expanded discussion of classroom safety factors includes emergency evacuation, field trip safety, and school bus safety (Ex. pp 33, 34).
  • NEW! An expanded discussion of self-concept and the teacher's behavior management style (Ex. pp 218-219).
  • NEW! Rewritten Program Management chapter, designed to focus on assessing children's needs through observing, recording, and interpreting (Ex. pp 312).

    • Introduction

     

    Chapter 1        Maintaining a Safe Classroom

    Chapter 2        Maintaining a Healthy Classroom

    Chapter 3        Establishing a Learning Environment

    Chapter 4        Advancing Physical Skills

    Chapter 5        Advancing Cognitive Skills

    Chapter 6        Advancing Communication Skills

    Chapter 7        Advancing Creative Skills

    Chapter 8        Building a Positive Self-Concept

    Chapter 9        Promoting Social Skills

    Chapter 10      Providing Guidance

    Chapter 11      Promoting Family Involvement

    Chapter 12      Providing Program Management

    Chapter 13      Promoting Professionalism

     

    Appendix A      Becoming a CDA: Child Development Associate

    Appendix B      Teacher Skills Checklist for Infant and Toddler Programs

    Janice J. Beaty, professor emerita, Elmira College, Elmira, New York, is a full-time writer of early childhood college textbooks and a consultant and trainer in early childhood education from her new home in Gulf Breeze, Florida. Some of her textbooks include: Observing Development of the Young Child (6th Ed.), Prosocial Guidance for the Preschool Child, and, most recent, Early Literacy in Preschool and Kindergarten (2nd Ed.) with Dr. Linda Pratt. Dr. Beaty is also involved in an early literacy mentoring program with Foster Grandparents in schools and Head Start centers in central Missouri.

    Considered by many to be a classic in the field of early childhood education, Skills for Preschool Teachers has prepared thousands of teachers, teaching assistants, college students, and CDA candidates to work with children 3 to 5 years of age in preschools, center-based child care, and Head Start programs. In addition to providing practical tips and research-based methods for developing teachers, a hallmark of this text is its practical checklists for observing children and the classroom environment.

     

    The skills for working with young children are presented in 13 easily readable, fact-filled chapters, each of which is based on one of the CDA functional areas: safe, healthy, learning environment, physical, cognitive, communication, creative, self-concept, social, guidance, family, program management, and professionalism.

     

    New to This Edition

    • A discussion of inclusion in each of the chapters
    • A realistic ethical dilemma presented at the end of every chapter for student discussion
    • Information concerning healthy food choices, physical activity, and obesity prevention 
    • Problem solving, high-level thinking, brain imaging technologies, and a comparison of Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s theories in Chapter 5, Cognitive
    • The importance of talk, bilingual activities, young children’s reading and writing behaviors, and new books to motivate reading in Chapter 6, Communication
    • Expanded discussion of self-concept and the teacher’s behavior management style in Chapter 8, Self-Concept 
    • Creating an emotional tone, setting up an encouraging environment for boys, and new ideas about hitting and biting in Chapter 10, Guidance 
    • Chapter 12, Program Management: rewritten to focus on assessing children’s needs through observing, recording, and interpreting; implementing an emergent curriculum based on needs; and assessing program outcome based on a Learning Center Involvement Checklist
    • Chapter 13, Professionalism: expanded discussion of DAP, a new discussion of technology and e-learning, NAEYC’s revised Code of Ethical Conduct, and career opportunities
    • A new observational tool, Teacher Skills Checklist for Infant and Toddler Programs (Appendix B)

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