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1 online resource (2 pages) |
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Early Childhood Resources anthology |
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Early Childhood Resources anthology
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NC LIVE module
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| Contents |
Cover; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; THE HISTORY OF BLOCKS; WHAT IS PLAY?; STRUCTURED CONSTRUCTION PLAY; STANDARDS; Number and Operations; Geometry and Spatial Sense; Measurement; Pattern/Algebraic Thinking; Displaying and Analyzing Data; SCAFFOLDING THE BLOCK PLAY EXPERIENCE; CHILDREN'S BOOKS THAT SUPPORT CHILDREN'S CONSTRUCTION PLAY; ASSESSMENT; OBSERVATION SCALES FOR CHILDREN'S BLOCK CONSTRUCTIONS; Score of 1-No Constructions; Score of 2-Vertical Linear Arrangement; Score of 3-Horizontal Linear Arrangement |
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Score of 4-Vertical Aerial ArrangementScore of 5-Horizontal Aerial Arrangement; Score of 6-Vertical Space; Score of 7-Enclosed Horizontal Space; Score of 8-Solid Tri-Dimensional Use of Blocks; Score of 9-Enclosed Tri-Dimensional Space; Score of 10-Elaborations/Combinations of Many Construction Forms; Score of 11-Naming Begins; Score of 12-One Construction, One Name; Score of 13-Block Forms Are Named; Score of 14-Separated Objects Are Named; Score of 15-Interior Space Represented; Score of 16-Interior Objects Placed in the Exterior |
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Score of 17-Accurate Representation of Interior and Exterior SpaceScore of 18-Constructions Built to Scale; Score of 19-Complex Configurations; LESSON PLANS; THEME 1; Focus: Thanksgiving -- Sharing and Giving; Colors: Brown, Orange, Red, Yellow; Shapes: Square and Cube; Book: Apple Farmer Annie by Monica Wellington; Vocabulary; Sensory/Art Experiences; Cooking Experiences; Dramatic Play Experiences; Block/Construction Experience; How Children Might Continue to Explore the Theme Focus; THEME 2; Focus: Our Families and Ourselves; Colors: Shades of Brown; Shapes: Circle and Sphere |
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Book: Houses and Homes by Ann Morris and Ken HeymanVocabulary; Sensory/Art Experiences; Dramatic Play Experiences; Block/Construction Experience; THEME 3; Focus: Winter and Winter Animals; Colors: Shades of Blue and White; Shapes: Rectangle; Book: The Mitten by Jan Brett; Vocabulary; Sensory/Art Experiences; Microdramatic Play Experiences; Macrodramatic Play Experiences; Block/Construction Experience (Supporting Microdramatic Play); THEME 4; Focus: Large Buildings around the World; Colors: Shades of Green and White; Shapes: Triangle |
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Book: Block City by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Daniel KirkVocabulary; Sensory/Art Experiences; Dramatic Play Experiences; Block/Construction Experience; THEME 5; Focus: Birds; Colors: Red and Blue; Shapes: Circles; Book: Owl Babies by Martin Waddell; Vocabulary; Sensory/Art Experiences; Sensory/Sound Experience; Cooking Experiences; Dramatic Play Experience; THEME 6; Focus: Insects and Spiders; Colors: Shades of Green; Shape: Hexagon; Book: The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle; Vocabulary; Dramatic Play Experiences; Manipulatives Experience; THEME 7; Focus: The Ocean and Ocean Life |
| Summary |
Blocks are a key teaching tool in any early childhood program. Through well-planned, teacher-supported block play experiences, young children can build math, language, and social skills. Let's Build provides educators of young children with guidance in how to create early childhood environments that support children's natural need to play. It includes strategies for creating and scaffolding the block play experience, recommends children's books that support the learning, and outlines ways to match behaviors, content, and concepts to learning standards. More than just a collection of act |
| Notes |
Original document: Book |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Early childhood education -- Activity programs.
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Language arts (Early childhood) -- Activity programs
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Social skills -- Study and teaching (Early childhood) -- Activity programs
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Blocks (Toys) in mathematics education.
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Blocks (Toys)
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blocks (toys)
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building blocks.
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EDUCATION -- General.
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CRAFTS & HOBBIES -- General.
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EDUCATION -- Elementary.
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Blocks (Toys)
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Blocks (Toys) in mathematics education
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Early childhood education -- Activity programs
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0876594321 |
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9780876594322 |
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