Connecting Animals and Children in Early Childhood - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Connecting Animals and Children in Early Childhood write by Patty Born Selly. This book was released on 2014-04-21. Connecting Animals and Children in Early Childhood available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Understand the value of connecting animals and children From family pets and wild animals to toys, stuffed animals, and media images, animals are a central part of every child’s landscape. This book examines the reasons why children should interact and connect with real animals, and it identifies the rich learning that results. You’ll find heaps of foundational support and practical ideas to create authentic experiences that bring children and all kinds of species of animals together—including many adaptations if live animals are not permitted in your setting. Connecting Animals and Children in Early Childhood Examines the basic qualities that make animals so appealing to children Explains how animals impact children’s cognitive, social-emotional, and inter- and intrapersonal development and growth Includes an overview of the many ways animals are present in children’s lives Introduces authentic experiences with animals that are supportive of children’s understanding and learning, and respectful to both animals and people Provides real-life examples of how to bring animals into your classroom with suggestions for planning, ideas for finding the right pet, and resources for making experiences meaningful, relevant, and joyful for children Patty Born Selly is executive director of the National Center for STEM Elementary Education at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota. As the founder of Small Wonders, an educational consulting company offering services to schools, faith-based communities, and other organizations, Patty has developed hundreds of classes to help programs incorporate nature, science, and green education.
The Significance of Children and Animals
The Significance of Children and Animals - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Significance of Children and Animals write by O. Gene Myers. This book was released on 2007. The Significance of Children and Animals available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What role does an animal play in a child's developing sense of self? This book addresses these and other intriguing questions by revealing the interconnected lives of the inhabitants of the preschool classroom with birds, turtles, bugs, and other creatures. This book will be delightful and rewarding for parents, educators, and students of early childhood social development, as well as scholars of the intersection of human experience and the natural environment.
Why the Wild Things Are
Why the Wild Things Are - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Why the Wild Things Are write by Gail F. Melson. This book was released on 2005-03-15. Why the Wild Things Are available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Whether they see themselves as King of the Wild Things or protector of Toto, children live in a world filled with animals--both real and imaginary. From Black Beauty to Barney, animal characters romp through children's books, cartoons, videos, and computer games. As Gail Melson tells us, more than three-quarters of all children in America live with pets and are now more likely to grow up with a pet than with both parents. She explores not only the therapeutic power of pet-owning for children with emotional or physical handicaps but also the ways in which zoo and farm animals, and even certain purple television characters, become confidants or teachers for children--and sometimes, tragically, their victims. Yet perhaps because animals are ubiquitous, what they really mean to children, for better and for worse, has been unexplored territory. Why the Wild Things Are is the first book to examine children's many connections to animals and to explore their developmental significance. What does it mean that children's earliest dreams are of animals? What is the unique gift that a puppy can give to a boy? Drawing on psychological research, history, and children's media, Why the Wild Things Are explores the growth of the human-animal connection. In chapters on children's emotional ties to their pets, the cognitive challenges of animal contacts, animal symbols as building blocks of the self, and pointless cruelty to animals, Melson shows how children's innate interest in animals is shaped by their families and their social worlds, and may in turn shape the kind of people they will become.
The World's Children and Their Companion Animals
The World's Children and Their Companion Animals - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The World's Children and Their Companion Animals write by Mary Renck Jalongo. This book was released on 2004. The World's Children and Their Companion Animals available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
An Animal Connect the Dot Journey
An Animal Connect the Dot Journey - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook An Animal Connect the Dot Journey write by Jupiter Kids. This book was released on 2016-03-03. An Animal Connect the Dot Journey available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. How well do you know your animals? Challenge your animal knowledge by first trying to guess what these animals are before actually connecting the dots. Because this activity is hands on, there're an improved percentage of remembering the animals encountered here. If you're struggling with your animal knowledge, then this the book to have!
