Early Education

There are plenty of other elements about real-life pirates that are simply fiction. But what about the real history of pirates - is it worth exploring, and why? The history of the Golden Age of Piracy, the one that has shaped the modern conception of a pirate, is complex and long, with lots of information to cover.

Maria Montessori (1870 -1952), the physician and educator, was the first woman to graduate from the University of Rome Medical School. Her classic of educational philosophy is still relevant today. The author explains to parents and teachers how to free a child through its own efforts. First published in English in 1912, these tried and trusted methods have proved their worth for over a hundred years.

There are so many issues surrounding starting school that parents struggle with: selecting the best school for their child (and knowing the right things to look for and questions to ask), preparing their child emotionally and practically for starting, knowing what must-haves to buy (and what not to buy!), navigating school settling-in procedures, coping with behaviour regressions at home, friendship issues, anxiety, tricky behaviour at school, school refusal and homework. This audiobook will address these.

Do you want your child to get the very best start in their education, even before they go to school? Have you considered Montessori as the way forward and want to implement it at home? This audiobook is an essential guide to get you started! The Montessori approach to child development has been tried and tested for over 100 years and the results speak for themselves. Children are naturally engaged, thoughtful, resilient, and curious about the world around them and the Montessori method taps into that in ways that other methods cannot.

Nearly Everything I Learned in Kindergarten Screwed Me Up! takes you back to where the problems began, starting on day one of kindergarten. With honor and respect to the underrecognized and underappreciated educators in our lives, you'll take personal responsibility for overextended lessons that were never intended for life beyond the classroom. Concise, impactful, and highly entertaining chapters will help you deconstruct, one by one, 18 problematic, catastrophic lessons that no longer apply.

Disfruta esta guía diseñada para madre que desean integrar la filosofía Montessori en el día a día de su hogar. Este libro actividades sencillas, efectivas y fáciles de implementar, creadas específicamente para estimular el desarrollo cognitivo, emocional y social de tu pequeño entre los 2 y los 6 años. Con este libro transformarás tu hogar en un ambiente Montessori preparado, donde tu hijo podrá explorar, descubrir y crecer a su propio ritmo.

In this book, you'll discover what it means to be a preschool teacher. This book will help you understand different learning styles, the difference between preschool and babysitting, and a new perspective on certain situations that happen in the classroom. By the time you finish this book, you will know that the average one-year-old knows more than they let on, and that patience really does stretch and grow.

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Vandals, then keep reading...the Vandals didn't leave us any histories written by themselves. Thus, most of the ancient sources on their past were written by their enemies and adversaries, who didn't look too kindly on them. This is especially true for later historians who idealized ancient Rome and blamed the Vandals for its fall. But the question is, how much of it is true? This guide will try to give some voice to the voiceless Vandals.

Discover the profound impact of early childhood development with "The Early Childhood Promise, bringing decades of expertise to this essential guide, offering insightful strategies and evidence-based solutions to make a difference in the lives of our youngest learners. From the importance of play to the critical role of early education, this book dives deep into the challenges and opportunities that shape a child's earliest years. Ketchum and Loose provide actionable advice and real-world examples to help every child achieve their full potential, regardless of their starting point. Whether ...

Don’t Look Away: Embracing Anti-Bias Classrooms leads early childhood professionals to explore and address issues of bias, equity, low expectations, and family engagement to ensure culturally responsive experiences.

This book contains information for parents to teach early literacy skills such as: alphabet identification, phonics, vowel sounds, consonant blends, and three-letter word reading. The book provides details regarding the appropriate tools and methods used by professional educators to have children reading at an accelerated pace.

Early care and education for many children in the U.S. is in crisis. The period between birth and kindergarten is a critical time for child development, and socioeconomic disparities that begin early in children's lives contribute to starkly different long-term outcomes for adults. Yet, compared to other advanced economies, high-quality child care and preschool in the U.S. are scarce and prohibitively expensive for many middle class and most disadvantaged families.

Confidence, emotional intelligence and resilience are vital to children's mental well-being, and this book gives early years practitioners all the tools they need to promote these skills in young children. The book explores how three approaches - Growth Mindset, Forest School and Multiple Intelligences - can be key to building these skills.

Emotional regulation, also known as self-regulation, is a critical life skill that affects children from a young age. It occurs when children struggle to manage their emotions effectively, causing outbursts, tantrums, and difficulties in social interactions. While there are common solutions to manage emotional regulation, such as time-outs or rewards, targeted activities can play a significant role in fostering emotional development in 5 and 6-year-olds. Now, let's find out about how these specific elements of emotional regulation activities can stop emotional outbursts!

Un’introduzione, vibrante e appassionata, al metodo pedagogico di Maria Montessori, che pone ancora una volta al centro i protagonisti indiscussi del suo lavoro: i bambini! Con una prosa e un'argomentazione che non ha eguali per chiarezza e modernità, Maria Montessori guida ogni lettore, insegnante e neogenitore, in un viaggio alla scoperta dell'intelligenza emotiva e pratica dei bambini e del valore ultimo insito in questa fase della vita di ogni individuo.

The At the Heart of Montessori series provides a thorough and easy-to-follow explanation of Maria Montessori's philosophy and educational method for all ages from birth to adolescence. These books will be of special interest to Montessori teachers or trainee teachers, acting as a support to, but not as a substitute for, Montessori teacher training. In addition parents, teachers and others who wish to find out about how children develop and how to help them as they grow, will find the books useful and interesting. The first two books (At the Heart of Montessori 1 and 2) should be read as a ...

"Educazione per un mondo nuovo" propone un'analisi scientifica della personalità del bambino. Con un'esposizione sempre piana, Maria Montessori tratta delle grandi capacità del bambino e delle sperimentate possibilità del suo sviluppo psichico e intellettuale. Scritto dopo la terribile esperienza della guerra, questo libro segna il tentativo di delineare attraverso l'educazione i tratti di una comunità mondiale pacifica e armonica.

It's no secret that we have all gone through this feeling in our gut when our kids were about to attend school and we would sometimes wonder how they would perform. Of course we are confident, our kids are sure, and we know they are going to school to learn, however intelligent parents want their kids to be super bright, so they like their kids to be fully prepared beforehand and excel from day one.

Every child belongs. Every child is unique. Every child has strengths. Every child has the potential to fly. Whether your child has received a diagnosis or is exhibiting behaviors that worry you, Empowering Your Child to Fly: A Family’s Guide to Early Childhood Inclusion offers advice for navigating the early intervention and special education systems from an educator who has experienced these systems as a child, as a parent, and as a professional.

Sam Bankman-Fried was one of the wealthiest people in the crypto world, due to his FTX exchange and Alameda Research trading firm, until his empire came crashing down in November 2022. Investors started to withdraw their money from FTX at a rapid rate, which led Bankman-Fried to declare bankruptcy for FTX, FTX's U.S. operations and Alameda Research. It's a remarkable downfall for Bankman-Fried, who was praised as a modern J.P. Morgan for his ability to rescue crypto companies in trouble, before his own business imploded. This book gives details of the charges and the defense to be, his ...