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Books for Summer Learning Through Play

What is one of the best ways for children to accelerate learning over the summer? Through PLAY! When young children are engaged in thoughtful, imaginative play, they are not just having fun; they are developing skills and concepts that are foundational to their learning and school preparation. In this list of books, parents and caregivers will learn how to enhance everyday learning and engage creativity through play scenarios as well as indoor and outdoor explorations that take into account the interests of both parents and children.
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Books for Active Learning Outdoors

Countless adventures and active learning opportunities await outside! This list of books below builds on young children's natural inclination to for movement and focuses on the whole development of the child by providing caregivers and teachers with activities, games, and explorations to enhance the outdoor active learning experience.
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Books for Creating Mindful, Nurturing, & Peaceful Learning Environments

In an increasingly busy, stimulating, and technological world, it is imperative that parents and educators create environments for children where they can feel safe and nurtured in order to learn. From being present and sparking joy to managing challenging behavior and chaos, this book list gives parents, caregivers, and educators the tools and best practices they need to create mindful, nurturing, and peaceful environments where children can be themselves, learn, and grow.
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How Learning Centers Naturally Inspire Learning Through Play

Public pre-k programs continue to face the pressure of “push down academics” and an increase in didactic teaching. Yet researchers continue to find that play is the best way for children to learn. Dr. Jean Feldman—coauthor of The Possibilities of Play: Imaginative Learning Centers for Children Ages 3-6—shares how thoughtfully planned learning centers naturally inspire hands-on discovery, critical thinking, and rich learning in children.
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Related Book: The Possibilities of Play
Books to Get the Most Out of Play in Your Classroom

Play is foundational to children's learning and development. It comes in many forms: object play, construction play, pretend play, rough and tumble play, games with rules, and often some combination of all of these at once! It may be solitary or social. Also, it can be freely chosen by and governed by children or guided by an adult. In this list you'll find books to inspire your plans to incorporate play in its many forms in your classroom.
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Three Tips to Support Language Learning in Young Children

Recent research suggests that young children ages 3 months to 3 years are experiencing developmental delays that may be sparked by less language engagement during the pandemic.

Talking and engaging babies and toddlers in conversation is one of the most important things parents, caregivers, and teachers can do for development! Renate Zangl, PhD, author of Raising a Talker: Easy Activities from Birth to Age Three, shares why building strong language skills very early on in life helps children in many areas of brain development. She also gives three practical, easy-to-do tips for interaction with young children in order to support early language learning.
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Related Book: Raising a Talker
Books to Support Early Literacy

This list of resources will help teachers build a strong literacy foundation for children that will serve them for life from expanding story time to oral, vocabulary, reading, and writing games and activities. Full of research-based tips and strategies, these books will give teachers, parents, and caregivers the tools they need to transform everyday play times into meaningful language-learning experiences.
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Self-Care Tips for Teachers: Taking Your Own Advice

Teachers are usually so focused on making sure the young children in their classrooms are physically, mentally, and emotionally healthy that this leaves little time to check in with their own physical, mental, and emotional state. While teachers are constantly advising children on how to regulate their emotions, they sometimes can forget to take their own advice! Cathryn O’Sullivan, EdM, author of School-to-Home Connections: Simple Strategies for Early Childhood Educators, shares quick self-care tips for teachers that they can do in their classrooms with their kiddos without having to think too deeply about implementation.
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Books for Encouraging Family Engagement

Research has shown that building positive, strong, ongoing partnerships between schools and families is an important factor in young children's development, as well as their later academic success. This below list provides a wealth of resources for communicating developmentally appropriate practice with parents, partnering with families for school readiness, connecting with families from varied cultural and language backgrounds and abilities, and effectively conveying the message that all families are valued members of the learning community.
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About the Book: School-to-Home Connections

When parents and teachers partner, children thrive! This is the core belief that drove Cathryn O’Sullivan, EdM, consultant and developer of the Caribbean Child Development Center, to write the book School-to-Home Connections: Simple Strategies for Early Childhood Educators. During the pandemic, Cathryn saw a real need for simple ways for teachers to communicate tips and strategies to connect parents with their children’s learning, and to be able to stimulate children at home. Read below how her new book addresses this issue so that parents and teachers can work hand-in-hand to support children’s learning and growth!
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Related Book: School-to-Home Connections

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