The Peaceful Classroom

The Peaceful Classroom

$40.00     Rp280,000

The Peaceful Classroom provides 162 classroom activities for children from about three to five years of age, although they can be used with children up to age eight.

Activities are organized into four chapters: Friendship, Compassion, Coopera­tion and Kindness.

Each chapter explores three or more skills:

Friendship: Association, Conversa­tion, Belonging, Friendship

Compassion: Recognition of Emo­tions, Problem Solving, Expression

Cooperation: Cooperation, Consid­eration of Others, Negotiation

Kindness: Caretaking, Gentleness, Helping, Generosity, Rescue/Pro­tection, Respect/Encouragement

Each of the four themes build upon each other, providing a foundation for those that follow. In general, Friendship activities provide a foun­dation for Compassion, Coopera­tion and Kindness.

Within each chapter, activities focus­ing on one skill prepare children for those that follow. For example, asso­ciation activities should generally pre­cede those focusing on belonging.

In addition, activities within each chapter are listed in the order of age complexity, beginning with those appropriate for three year olds and older and concluding with those for five year olds and older.

There are many ways to use this book. One way is to do all the activi­ties in the book developmentally ap­propriate for your children. Start with the first activity in the Friend­ship chapter, then continue in se­quence until the activities become too difficult.

Then move to the first activity in the second chapter, Compassion, and continue as before un­til the activities become too diffi­cult. Repeat with the chapter on Cooperation and finish with Kind­ness. This strategy provides the greatest scope over the longest pe­riod of time.

Another approach is to choose one chapter. Begin with the first activity and stop when they become too dif­ficult for your children.

Choosing activities for a specific skill like gentleness or association is another way to use the book. There is a list of activities for each of the sixteen skills beginning on page twenty. Activities for any single skill are often found in more than one chapter.

Designing your own strategy is al­ways a good way to proceed. If you have a specific issue in mind and a limited amount of time, you can choose and introduce activities in a developmentally appropriate se­quence. If you teach three year olds, for example, and want to focus on "appreciation and respect for the en­vironment," you could do the fol­lowing activities:

Growing Flowers

Plant Life

Adopt a Tree

Nature Tribute

Bird Dinner

Classy Tree

Class Nature Collage

You can assemble activities around such issues as sensitivity for dis­abled people and celebration of ra­cial and ethnic diversity. The basic skills of friendship, compassion, co­operation and kindness can be com­bined in various ways to address nearly any social issue of concern to you and your parents.

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Setting Up the Preschool Classroom

Setting Up the Preschool Classroom

PRICE: $SGD 61.10 or Rp. 427,700

This book is designed to help you arrange and equip your preschool classroom or center, including the outdoor play space.

Following the opening chapter on the principles of designing active learning settings, the book describes specific interest areas (play spaces) in detail.

Included are individual chapters on the art, block, house, toy, reading and writing, computer, music and movement, sand and water, woodworking, and outdoor areas.

The concluding chapters discuss equipment and teacher resources as well as sample classroom designs.

Whether you are planning an entirely new learning environment or making improvements to an existing space, this guide will help you think through the design process and choose appropriate equipment and materials.

For each play space this book provides:

 - Detailed equipment and materials lists with recommended  

  quantities

 - Suggestions for space arrangement and storage

 - Recommendations for essential ("must have") and additional ("add

  later") materials

 - Adaptations for settings that include children with special needs

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Preschool Classroom Management

Preschool Classroom Management

Rp 411,600 or SGD 58.80

PAGES 240

Introduction


Preschool Classroom Management: 150 Teacher-Tested Techniques is designed to assist teachers who are new to the field of early education or who have s of experience.

It provides both a classroom management framework solutions and suggestions of what to do when specific situations arise.


Just like the protective cover placed over the fire alarm in the above dote, classroom management techniques described in this book aim to ent problems before they happen or to provide solutions when they do.


Classroom management is a key component in helping children develop independent individuals who can control their emotions, make positive decisions about their activities, and learn effectively.

Classroom management provides a foundation for children as they learn socially appropriate behaviors. It is a process that requires interactions among hers, parents, and children to help children understand their own ngs and the feelings of others. Positive interactions and relationships between children and adults are critical to children's successful learning.


The techniques described in this book are based on three beliefs:


1. Adults must model self-regulated behavior in their relationships with children.

2. Teachers need to be sensitive to children's needs.

3. Children want to know how to behave and to do what is expected of them.


Understanding these beliefs is important to the goals for children's development and learning. Teaching socially appropriate behavior is the most important component in classroom management.

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All About the Weather PreK-K

PRICE: SGD $51.85 or Rp362,950

PAGES: 208

Section One
Different Types of  Weather"
Wondering About the Weather (pages 13-22)
Use this colorful book to introduce children to different types of weather.
Pause on each page and discuss the illustrations.
Encourage children to share their stories about the types of weather shown on each page.
Use the first page of the story as a refrain recited by the students after each of the other pages.

Ask question such as: 
- Why does Grandpa sip lemonade in the shade of the tree?
- In what kind of weather would you see something flutter?
- What might happen when there are dark clouds in the sky?
- Tell about a time when you were surprised by the weather.
- What kind of weather do you like best?
  Tell why.

Section Two
Weather Changes Day to Day"
A Wonderful Week of Weather" (pages 51-60)
This book introduces children to the concept of daily weather changes throughout a week and how those changes affect our activities.
Encourage children to talk about family plans that were changed or modified because of weather changes.

Ask question such as:
 - Name the days of the week. What weather did we have yesterday? Today?
- What kinds of weather make you feel happy? Sad? Surprised?
- Have you ever been outside in the rain/snow? How did you feek?
- Which activity mentioned in the story do you like to do best?

Section Three
Weather Changes Season to Season"
Changing Seasons" (pages 89-98)
This story teaches children about seasonal changes.
Chidren learn that when they observe a favorite spot in nature, transformations occur throughout the year.
In this delightful story, a child and his father revisit an old oak tree and observe the changes that take place.

Ask question such as:
 - What did the child and father see or hear when they visited the oak tree during each of seaosons mentioned? (spring, summer. fall, winter)
- How did the oak tree change each time the child and father visited it?
- How did the child and father dress each time they walked to the oak tree?
- Where did all the squirrels and robins go?

Section Four
Weather Helps Us
Section Five
We Dress for the Weather
 

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All About the Rainforest PreK-K

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PAGES 208

Section One

Walk in the Rainforest      

"Walk in the Rainforest" (pages 13-22)

This book uses rhythm and rhyme to introduce children to the rainforest unit of study. Before reading, ask the children if they know what a rainforest is. What do they think they would find there? Pause on each page and discuss the illustrations and rhyming words. Explain to the children that during the rainforest unit they will be learning more about the rainforest and the plants, animals, and people who live there.

Ask questions such as:

•           What are the trees like in the rainfores

•           Does it rain all the time?

•           What grows in the rainforest?

•           Who lives in the rainforest?

•           What might you hear on a walk throng] the rainforest?

•           Can you make some animal sounds?

Section Two

Up into the Rainforest

"Up into the Rainforest" (pages 51-60)

This book uses humor to introduce the concept that the rainforest has layers (forest floor, understory, canopy, and emergent). It also describes an animal that lives in each layer, from the tiny ant to the powerful harpy eagle. On a second reading, have the children join in the refrain, "I am king of the rainforest."

Ask questions such as:

•           In which part of the rainforest does the ant live?

•           In which part of the rainforest does the bat live?

•           In which part of the rainforest does the spider monkey live?

•           Who is king of the rainforest?

•           In which part of the rainforest does the harpy eagle live?

Section Three

Plants, Plants, Plants

"Plants, Plants, Plants" (pages 91-100)

This story uses repetitive language to introduce children to some of the characteristics of rainforest plants. Discuss trees over 100 feet tall, large buttress roots above ground, flowers that bloom at night, flowers pollinated by specialized bees that only visit one type of flower, plants that grow on trees and without roots, and plants that trap insects. The rainforests are ancient forests.

Ask questions such as:

•           Which are the tallest plants in the rainforest?

•           What holds up the tall trees?

•           When do some flowers bloom?

•           Where do some plants grow?

Section Four

"Rainforest Animals" (pages 127-136) This story uses descriptive language to familiarize children with some of the animals of the rainforest. During repeated readings, invite the children to use movements that imitate the behavior of each animal.

Ask questions such as:

•           Which word describes a hummingbird?

•           Which word describes the teeth of the piranha?

•           Which word describes the tree frog's feet?

•           Which word describes the capybara? The butterfly? The toucan? The anaconda? The jaguar?

•           What does the toucan like to eat?

•           What do you think the jaguar is watching?

Section Five

Rainforest Family   

"Rainforest Family" (pages 163-172) Through repetitive language, this story introduces children to a family native to the rainforest. Explain to the children that some families in the rainforest have modern conveniences such as motorboats, Jet Skis®, radios, and TVs. However, many families garden, hunt, and make tools. Tell the children to listen for things that the rainforest provides as you read the story aloud.

Ask questions such as:

•           What are some of the things that keep people busy in the rainforest?

•           What kind of pet do the children in the story have? Would you like to have a pet monkey?

•           What is their home made of? What is your home made of?

Take-Home Books

Use these simple directions to make reproducible take-home books for each of the five sections of The Rainforest.

1. Reproduce the book pages for each child.

2. Cut the pages along the cut lines.

3. Place the pages in order, or this may be done as a sequencing activity with children. Guide children in assembling the book page by page.

4. Staple the book together.

After making each take-home book, review the story as children turn the pages of their own books. Send the storybook home along with the Parent Letter on page 5.

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Fabulous Food

Fabulous Food draws on typical early childhood themes: Growing Things, Nutrition, Farms, and Health and Safety. Read the lyrics to the songs and decide which songs fit best in your curriculum.

Every song is accompanied by a list of facts titled "Did You Know?" which offers background information about the song, interesting facts about the topic or lyrics, historical information, or some form of trivia you can use as a springboard to discussion.

This will save you hours of research and add significantly to the value of the song.

PAGES 128, PRICE: Rp 329,000.- or SGD 47.

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SCHOOL DAYS

PRICE: Rp 298,900 or SGD 42.70

Music in the Early Years

Music is a universal language, and singing is a hallmark of the early

childhood classroom. Children love to sing! Teachers love to sing! Age makes no difference. Culture makes no difference.

Singing songs enriches thematic content, supports literacy concepts, and optimizes memory and learning. When you extend classroom activities, including modifications for special needs and English language learner populations, it is a perfect package.

School Days is one of eight thematic book/CD sets that offer all of these resources in one package.

PAGES 128,

Thematic Content

School Days draws on several typical early childhood themes: Colors, Days of the Week, Numbers, Musical Instruments, Nursery Rhymes, Alphabet, and Safety. Read the lyrics and decide which songs best fit in your curriculum.

Each song is accompanied by a list of facts titled "Did You Know?" These facts provide background information about the song, interesting facts about the topic or lyrics, historical information, or some form of trivia you might use as a springboard to discussion. This will save you hours of research and add significantly to the value of the song.

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