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Focused Observations

How to Observe Young Children for Assessment and Curriculum Planning

By: Gaye Gronlund,Marlyn James

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Focused Observations

How to Observe Young Children for Assessment and Curriculum Planning

By: Gaye Gronlund,Marlyn James

Intentional teaching begins with focused observations and systematic documentation of children's learning and development. This book is filled with tools and techniques designed to help early childhood educators purposefully observe children, create portfolios with rich documentation, and plan curriculum that supports every child. Discussion questions, observation practice exercises, and reflection assignments are included, as well as DVD with classroom vignettes showcasing observation techniques. Gaye Gronlund is an early childhood education consultant who trains early childhood educators across the country. Marlyn James is an education and early childhood professor.

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Redleaf Press

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1605542512

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Planning for Play, Observation, and Learning in Preschool and Kindergarten

By: Gaye Gronlund

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Planning for Play, Observation, and Learning in Preschool and Kindergarten

By: Gaye Gronlund

Play is an important vehicle for learning in the early years. With intentional planning frameworks, this resource provides teachers with tools and strategies to organize and develop curriculum around high-level, purposeful play. Practical application techniques help teachers create a cycle of planning and observation as they use a play-based curriculum to help young children thrive in the classroom. Gaye Gronlund is an early childhood education consultant who trains early childhood educators across the country. She is the author of six books.

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Redleaf Press

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1605542504

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Focused Portfolios

A Complete Assessment for the Young Child

By: Gaye Gronlund

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Focused Portfolios

A Complete Assessment for the Young Child

By: Gaye Gronlund

Focused Portfolios offers an innovative method to accurately document children's growth and development by observing them in the midst of their everyday activities. Used for years in programs across the country, this easy-to-use system has recently been updated to reflect current best practices in observation and assessment using portfolios, include information on apps and other digital tools to create portfolios for individual assessment and parent engagement, and incorporates individual state standards to develop portfolios that reflect the child's performance.

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Redleaf Press

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1605546755

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Individualized Child-Focused Curriculum

A Differentiated Approach

By: Gaye Gronlund

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Individualized Child-Focused Curriculum

A Differentiated Approach

By: Gaye Gronlund

Learn to integrate individualized curriculum into daily practice with this step-by-step guide. Using Developmental Studies, a new tool created and successfully field-tested by the author, implement a truly child-focused and individualizing curriculum, meeting each child where she or he is and ultimately making teaching easier and more rewarding. These user-friendly materials will help teachers reconnect and reengage with each student outside of all the standards that are required. Gaye Gronlund devotes her time to helping teachers, administrators, and policy makers implement best approaches to teaching and assessing young children. Clients have included the NAEYC, NIEER, the State of New Mexico Office of Child Development and Pre-K Program, the Illinois State Board of Education, and more.

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1605544507

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Individualized Child-Focused Curriculum

A Differentiated Approach

By: Gaye Gronlund

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A Differentiated Approach

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Focused Portfolios

A Complete Assessment for the Young Child

By: Gaye Gronlund

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A Complete Assessment for the Young Child

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Early Learning Standards and Staff Development

Best Practices in the Face of Change

By: Gaye Gronlund,Marlyn James

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Early Learning Standards and Staff Development

Best Practices in the Face of Change

By: Gaye Gronlund,Marlyn James

Early Learning Standards and Staff Development helps directors and trainers guide early childhood staff to fulfill learning standards, often without compromising best practices. Written by respected consultants Gaye Gronlund and Marlyn James, it is one of few books on staff development in the area of learning standards. The book includes activities for reflecting on issues such as how much teachers should direct each type of classroom activity, and helps staff developers assist teachers in strengthening their observation and documentation skills. The book comes with a DVD featuring video vignettes to accompany the observation exercises, as well as PowerPoint training aids.

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Redleaf Press

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1605544221

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Focused Observations

How to Observe Young Children for Assessment and Curriculum Planning

By: Gaye Gronlund,Marlyn James

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How to Observe Young Children for Assessment and Curriculum Planning

By: Gaye Gronlund,Marlyn James

Observe and document children’s development in systematic, purposeful ways that provide complete pictures of their progress and supports curriculum planning.

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Redleaf Press

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1605541060

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Make Early Learning Standards Come Alive

Connecting Your Practice and Curriculum to State Guidelines

By: Gaye Gronlund

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Make Early Learning Standards Come Alive

Connecting Your Practice and Curriculum to State Guidelines

By: Gaye Gronlund

Updated curriculum planning guide reflecting the continuing evolution of early learning standards for preschool children across the country

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Make Early Learning Standards Come Alive

Connecting Your Practice and Curriculum to State Guidelines

By: Gaye Gronlund

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Make Early Learning Standards Come Alive

Connecting Your Practice and Curriculum to State Guidelines

By: Gaye Gronlund

Every state has developed some form of early learning standards. Find out how you can apply and use them in ways that are most beneficial to children. Updated to reflect the continuing evolution of early learning standards, this book offers help and hints, support and clarification, and clear explanations of how you can make early learning standards come alive in your early childhood classroom or program. You’ll find tools to communicate exactly how you are addressing children’s learning as you plan for cognitive and foundational skill development, as well as suggestions to assess children’s progress. Easy-to-read charts present information about each major content area or area of development and descriptions of what those standards might look like in classrooms. The charts also suggest activities and interactions to support a child as he or she makes the first attempts toward the standard, progresses toward it, and finally accomplishes the standard. New to this edition: A chapter focusing on Approaches to Learning standards The most recent information on early learning standards from across the country References to the Common Core State Standards and their relationship to early learning standards Gaye Gronlund has consulted for national organizations, state agencies, school districts, and early childhood programs for more than twenty years. She helped two states write their early learning standards. Gronlund is well known for her many books and keynote presentations.

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Early Learning Standards and Staff Development

Best Practices in the Face of Change

By: Gaye Gronlund,Marlyn James

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Early Learning Standards and Staff Development

Best Practices in the Face of Change

By: Gaye Gronlund,Marlyn James

Gives early education directors and trainers staff-development tools for linking state standards with best practices.

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Making Early Learning Standards Come Alive

Connecting Your Practice and Curriculum to State Standards

By: Gaye Gronlund,Redleaf Press

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Making Early Learning Standards Come Alive

Connecting Your Practice and Curriculum to State Standards

By: Gaye Gronlund,Redleaf Press

Supplementary text for the Curriculum in Early Childhood Education course in Early Childhood Education and Child and Family Studies departments. This book on state early learning standards for young children is a useful resource in helping preservice and practicing teachers learn how to connect their lesson/activity planning to many states' new early learning standards. Key chapters include presenting standards in the following areas: Communication and Literacy, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Social/Emotional Development, Physical Development and Health, and Creative Arts. Then, how children might show progress toward these standards is divided into three levels of progress, and curriculum suggestions are provided for each progress level.

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Prentice Hall

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0132340364

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9780132340366

Book's by Gaye Gronlund

Focused Observations

Focused Observations

Planning for Play, Observation, and Learning in Preschool and Kindergarten

Planning for Play, Observation, and Learning in Preschool and Kindergarten

Focused Portfolios

Focused Portfolios

Individualized Child-Focused Curriculum

Individualized Child-Focused Curriculum

Individualized Child-Focused Curriculum

Individualized Child-Focused Curriculum

Focused Portfolios

Focused Portfolios

Early Learning Standards and Staff Development

Early Learning Standards and Staff Development

Focused Observations

Focused Observations

Make Early Learning Standards Come Alive

Make Early Learning Standards Come Alive

Make Early Learning Standards Come Alive

Make Early Learning Standards Come Alive

Early Learning Standards and Staff Development

Early Learning Standards and Staff Development

Making Early Learning Standards Come Alive

Making Early Learning Standards Come Alive

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