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Social & Emotional Development: Connecting Science and Practice in Early Childhood Settings
by: Dave Riley, Robert San Juan, Joan Klinkner

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 372.21
EAN: 9781933653303
ISBN: 1933653302
Label: Redleaf Press
Manufacturer: Redleaf Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: September 01, 2007
Publisher: Redleaf Press
Sales Rank: 260560
Studio: Redleaf Press

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Holding babies while feeding them and playing Simon Says with children are important developmental practices that help babies and children form an attachment to their caregiver and regulate their behavior.

With accessible language, this book examines common teaching practices in early childhood programs and the scientific research that supports them. Topics include attachment and exploration, impulse control, and problem-solving.

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- Make every day into a day where children learn something invaluable
The earlier years of a child's life make them a sponge for knowledge; being in child care centers is simply another educational experience, even when doing things that are not typically viewed as educational. "Social & Emotional Development: Connecting Science and Practice in Early Childhood Settings" is a guide for day care center educators to making every day into a day where children learn something invaluable. Valuable lessons include teaching children how to find security in trusted adults, how to form good friendships, and how to control their behavior. "Social & Emotional Development: Connecting Science and Practice in Early Childhood Settings" is a top pick for community library child psychology collections and highly recommended for child care professionals.

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- A Increasingly Ignored Topic Needing Re-emphasis
From now until we see a distinct paradigm shift, the overarching influence of the No Child Left Behind Act will continue to bully early childhood education away from fostering socio-emotional development and toward a nearly exclusive focus on academic development. From this point until forever, I will always oppose such a singular viewpoint on education. I think you can correctly foster both equally, and this book should give teachers clues on how to accomplish this goal.

In an unusual way, Riley and her co-authors aim to show us how to use science (a logical field closely related to math during these early years) to model social and emotional growth and maturity. I cannot remember seeing this before. It is a fascinating discourse.

Each chapter shows through scientific exploration how to gain perspective on ideas like attachment or friendship or self-regulation through constructivist ... Read More

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