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Preschool Child DevelopmentChild Development Media » Development » Preschool Child DevelopmentPreschoolers are constantly on the move, exploring their world with exuberance, curiosity, and a seemingly endless source of energy. A child’s capacity for learning in this stage is enormous. Preschool-age children learn and develop from every experience, relationship, and adventure they encounter. Having the space and opportunity to explore objects and play environments helps preschool children develop their imagination and master the motor, cognitive, language, and social skills that are essential for future development. This section, Preschool Child Development, features titles describing the many different changes and areas of development the preschool-age child experiences, and offers parents, teachers and childcare professionals valuable insight into that experience.  In this tape we learn how children, from infancy, develop their sense of self and how they incorporate into their sense of self their sexual identity. Available in DVD and VHS formats.
 This book contains 300 imaginative and easy games to play with two-year-olds that provide parents and teachers a fun way to encourage young children to develop new skills.
 This book deals with the phenomenon of early human development by exploring the very beginnings of emotional competence in young children.
 In this book sixteen types of problem behavior are addressed in sixteen chapters with suggestions for plans of action to be agreed to by both parents and teacher, and with actual Parent(s) and Provider Action Forms to be signed by the various parties.
 Moral Development II describes the emergence of moral behavior from early infancy through adolescence. Available in DVD and VHS formats.
 Moral Development I explains the concept of morality and defines terms such as moral code, moral judgment, and moral intelligence. Available in DVD and VHS formats.
 This video integrates research and classroom practice and emphasizes the crucial importance of play in early childhood education. Available in DVD and VHS formats.
 In this series of four videos Drs Stella Chess and Alexander Thomas present their original research on the temperament of children. Includes detailed presentations of three clusters of temperament traits associated with the development of behavioral problems. Available in DVD and VHS formats.
 This book explores nine domains of child emotional and social development from birth to 6 years and includes major theories and findings from research.
 This assessment system contains the all components essential to assess a classroom of children, report to parents, plan for each child, and plan for the whole group. Available languages: English and Spanish
 Children's play is child-directed, process-oriented and evolving. And as studied here, play is viewed as essential to children for learning and developing. Available in DVD and VHS formats.
 This set outlines and demonstrates a valid and reliable approach to authentic assessment that is applicable to many different curriculum methods and that meets the demand for accountability. Set includes: 2 books / 1 VHS
 This book presents a framework for a work sampling collection system and display methods that together result in powerful a communication tool.
 This videotape looks at how children grow and develop, and at the caregiver's role in that process. It also looks at child guidance and working with children of different ages and stages of development. Available in DVD and VHS formats.
 This video explores both the nutritional and psychological problems of feeding children. Available on VHS and DVD
 From babyhood through the preschool years, this video shows that play is the curriculum for the many skills that children must master before they go to kindergarten. Available in DVD and VHS formats.
 Education Coordinators and Directors discuss the importance of training and on-going support for staff and for themselves in order to maintain and fine-tune the observation process that is crucial to the valid assessment of young children. Available in DVD and VHS formats.
 This book offers a new way to think about learning and teaching and focuses on strategies for observing different aspects of children’s lives and includes tips for observing and gathering documentation.
 TABS is specifically designed to identify critical temperament and self-regulation problems that can indicate a child’s risk for developmental delay as early as possible. Includes: Set includes Screener, Assessment Tool, and Manual
 This video focuses on children ages 1-6 and illustrates how to make nutritious eating and a healthy lifestyle a fun family habit. Available in English and Spanish.
 In this video, parents and children are engaged in activities that encourage the development of literacy and teachers demonstrating techniques to support children in their growing understanding of print. Available in DVD and VHS formats.
 This book focuses on skills that enable the early childhood observer to make appropriate inferences and decisions based on objective observational data gathered in natural learning environments.
 This comprehensive handbook addresses the issues involved when children are potty trained in child care as well as in the home.
 In this video the nutritional needs and choices of the growing child are integrated with the stages of development from conception through adolescence. The role of the family, nutritional concerns and influences are explored. Available in DVD and VHS formats.
 Teach children to take care of their bodies and health by integrating the latest techniques and information about early childhood nutrition. This curriculum contains pragmatic ideas and practical methods of educating children about how to live healthy, happy lives. 220 pages
 This video shows the variety of ways that reading opportunities are offered to children. Teachers demonstrate reading picture books, using flannel board stories, puppet plays, picture files, recipe charts, children dictating stories and much more. Available in DVD and VHS formats.
 This video explores the development of the social contacts of babies and young children from the ages of four months to two and a half years. Observed in the "naturalistic" setting (as opposed to an artificial or experimental setting) of the Loczy home residence in Budapest, children go through three overlapping periods of development. Choose from DVD and VHS formats.
 This book presents information on children’s growth accompanied by age-specific, child-tested recipes.
 This book outlines methods for keeping records that provide a realistic picture of a child's interactions and experiences in the classroom.
 This book presents some of the best ideas on teaching and learning along with innovative training tools and strategies for implementing them.
 This video and "The Fragil Brain: What Impairs Learning and What We Can Do About It," Eric Jensen talks about how the brain learns and some of the things that impair learning. He offers countless strategies to support the learning process. Includes: VHS
 In this video teachers demonstrate system that they use to collate the observational data on young children. Available in DVD and VHS formats.
 This module explores authentic assessment techniques used in preschool settings such as observations, work samples, story dictation and pictures of young children. Available in DVD and VHS formats.
 In this video thirteen children, ranging in age from six to seventeen, talk about the impact television has on their lives. Includes: VHS
 ECERS Scoring Sheets included. Defining and providing high-quality child care is a tremendous challenge. Includes: 96 pages
 This book gives parents and professionals a deep understanding of what young children and adolescents are attempting to communicate through their artwork such as drawings and paintings.
 Based on the original research of Drs Stella Chess and Alexander Thomas, this series of four videos was developed to introduce parents to the temperament approach of understanding the behavior of young children. Choose from DVD and VHS formats.
 In this video and in "Practical Applications of Brain-Based Learning," Eric Jensen talks about how the brain learns and some of the things that create problems and impair learning. He offers countless strategies to support the learning process. Includes: VHS
 Written by Stanley Greenspan, this warmly supportive book explores how parents can help their children (toddlers to teens) feel secure and safe at home, in school, and in the world at large.
 This video series was developed for early childhood caregivers and teachers to help them identify possible developmental delays and to offer instructions on how to communicate concerns to parents. Available in DVD and VHS formats.
 This video series examines the benefits of authentic assessment in documenting the progress of preschool children, the range of observational methods used, systems to organize data, and a review of formal instruments or checklists used to collate data. Includes: DVD or VHS and guide
 READING WITH BABIES is an 18-minute videotape/DVD that shows babies 0-24 months ‘reading' books with their parent(s) according to their developmental capacities. Choose from bi-lingual DVD, VHS/Spanish or VHS/English.
 This video teaches how to nurture and develop the genius in the very young child. This program is an excellent resource for parents, early childhood educators, and child care providers. Includes: VHS
 This module sets the stage for understanding how children are observed within the context of their play and activities and how important these observations are to understanding their total development. Teachers are then better able to align assessment with curriculum. Available in DVD and VHS formats.
 Join the parents of six-year-old Michael as they seek to understand his impulsivity hyperactivity, and inattention. Includes: VHS or DVD
 This book is meant to guide both parents and child-care providers in methods to foster healthy growth and development of children from birth to age five.
 In this book authors Brazelton and Greenspan apply the touchpoints theory to each of the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional leaps that occur from age three to six. They also offer valuable guidance to parents.
 This comprehensive curriculum provides current research, stages of early-literacy development,and tools and strategies for providing literacy rich environments for children both at home and in centers.
 In these modules you will observe children, teachers, and parents in a variety of settings where the growth of literacy in young children is supported. Includes: VHS
 This module explores the importance of communicating with parents and strategies for supporting their involvement throughout the assessment process. Available in DVD and VHS formats.
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