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Recommended Books
for Teachers of Young Learners

(Teachers of ages 3-8 or so)

 

Below are a number of books and/or other teaching materials such as audio cassettes that you may find helpful. Wherever possible, we have tried to include a Book Description or review. If you are unable to find these locally, you may order them directly from Amazon.com through this page.


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Easy & Engaging ESL Activities and Mini-Books for Every Classroom
by Kama Einhorn;

$8.63

Amazon often has used copies for much less.

Terrific Teaching Tips, Games, Mini-Books & More to Help New Students from Every Nation Build Basic English Vocabulary and Feel Welcome!

Early Education Curriculum: A Child's Connection to the World (Paperback)
by Hilda Jackman

List price $ $128.80

Amazon often has used copies for much less.

This book demonstrates the wisdom and knowledge of the author, Hilda Jackman, and offers the new or veteran educator a fresh perspective on the art and science of early childhood education.

Get Ready, Get Set, Sing!

by Sarah Barchas

$12.99

(Audio Cassette)

Songs for Early Childhood and ESL

Phonemic Awareness in Young Children
by Marilyn Jager Adams;

$ 19.77

"If you are teaching kindergarten through second grade, you must have this and use it in your classroom. It has activities that covers every area of phonemic awareness. It gives you many activities for each section so your children will never get bored with your lessons. Uses all modalities. I can't say enough good things about this book".

Phonemic Awareness Activities for Early Reading Success (Grades K-2)

(Paperback)
by Wiley Blevins

Price: $10.07

Book Description
Easy, Playful Activities That Prepare for Phonics Instruction
Phonemic awareness�the understanding that words are made up of sounds�is essential to a child's early reading success. With this book, children gain this awareness through engaging, easy to teach activities.

One Child, Two Languages: A Guide for Preschool Educators of Children Learning English As a Second Language (Paperback)
by Patton O. Tabors

$ 19.77

Harvard Educational Review
"a comprehensive and readable resource that early childhood teachers, administrators, and parents will find insightful and invaluable"

Choice
Early childhood educators of linguistically diverse preschoolers will find this a practical resource...

Beginning Literacy With Language: Young Children Learning at Home and School

(Paperback)
by David K. Dickinson

$24.05

In this exciting new book, you'll travel into the homes and schools of over 70 young children from diverse backgrounds and observe parent-child and teacher-child interactions. Through research gathered in the Home School Study of Language and Literacy Development, the authors share with you the relationship they've found between these critical, early interactions and children's kindergarten language and literacy skills.

Early Childhood Experiences in Language Arts
by Jeanne M. Machado

$105.60
Book Description
Early Childhood Experiences in Language Arts: Emerging Literacy is a must-have resource on language arts instruction for young children. Combining current research and appropriate early childhood practices, it fosters an understanding of how techniques and planned programs affect children's language development. Rich in examples and activities, no teacher, child care provider, or parent should be without this invaluable resource.

Creative Activities for Young Children (Paperback)
by Mary Mayesky

Price: $100.62

Book Description
"Creative Activities for Young Children, 7th Edition," is an excellent tool for fostering creativity in young children and can be used by two and four-year colleges and universities, technical colleges, child care provider training, and child care centers. It is also an appealing guide for parents and homeschool providers.

The Young Child's Memory for Words: Developing First and Second Language and Literacy (Paperback)
by Daniel R. Meier

Price: $20.95

(Sorry...no description or review yet available)

Picture Book Activities : Fun and Games for Preschoolers Based on 50 Favorite Children's Books (Paperback)
by Trish Kuffner

Price: $ 14.30

Book Description

Encourage Your Child to Love Reading

This book helps preschoolers discover how much fun it is to read. Trish Kuffner shows parents how to make fifty favorite picture books come alive for children by providing a variety of activities that tie into the themes, characters, and plots of the books:

  • discussion topics
  • arts and crafts
  • rhymes and finger plays
  • fun and games
  • imaginative play ideas
  • recipes
  • music and movement
  • learning activities
  • outdoor adventures

This book will help you make reading with your child a favorite part of the day.

Using Picture Storybooks to Teach Literary Devices : Recommended Books for Children and Young Adults Volume 3 (Paperback)
by Susan Hall

Price: $38.76

 
Book Description
The third volume of Using Picture Storybooks to Teach Literary Devices joins volumes 1 and 2 of this best-selling series to give teachers and librarians the perfect tool to teach literary devices to students in grades K-12. In this volume, 120 well-reviewed picture storybooks, published mainly in the last few years, are listed (sometimes more than once) under 41 literary devices. All-ages picture storybooks, which can be enjoyed by adults, as well as children, are included. For each device, a definition is given, and descriptions of appropriate storybooks, with information on how to use them, the art style used in the book, and a curriculum tie-in, are provided.

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