study and teaching (preschool)

Presents a collection of lesson formats, activities, discussion and writing prompts, and more on feelings and emotions for teachers.

Explains how to use the skillstreaming approach to teach prosocial skills in early childhood, covering teaching procedures, refining skill use, teaching for skill generalization, managing problems, and other related topics and including skill outlines and homework reports.

Presents activities for helping children develop an understanding for people with disabilities, with facts about specific disabilities, discussion questions, stories, and reproducible activity sheets.

Discusses the benefits of using "number talks," in the classroom, which are five- to fifteen-minute conversations that encourage students to mentally solve a computation problem and explains how to plan for and design number talks for kindergarten through fifth-grade classrooms. Includes a DVD with classroom footage and additional resources for teachers.

Presents a guide to teaching writing to children in preschool, providing information on the different stages children progress through in acquiring literacy and writing skills.