"The Teacher's Idea Book: Daily Planning Around the Key Experiences"
Make each part of the daily routine a useful and focused learning experience for preschoolers and kindergarteners with the practical, creative suggestions in this handbook. Each chapter is organized around one of the major key experience areas- active learning, language, representation, classification, seriation, number, space, and time. Packed with specific ideas for each part of the daily routine, including suggested materials, questioning techniques, and ideas for small-and large-group activities. 87 pages. Available from:
HIGH/SCOPE PRESS
600 N. River St.
Ypsilanti, MI 48198-2898
(800) 40-PRESS
(800) 442- 2FAX
"All The Colors We Are: A Story of How We Get Our Skin Color"
Simple, engaging language and captivating photgraphs capture the essence of one of the ways that we are special and different from one another- our skin color. Spanish and English on each page. 25 pp. Available from:
GRYPHON HOUSE, Inc.
PO Box 207
Beltsville, MD 20704-0207
(800) 638- 0928
(301) 595- 9500
(301) 595-0051 Fax
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From the American Academy of Pedicatrics (AAP)
Healthy Kids Magazines:
- Healthy Kids (birth-3) is published 4 times a year, and members of the AAp can receive up to 10 free copies of each
issue to distribute.
- Healthy Kids(4-10) is published 3 times a year, and members of the AAP can receive up to 200 free copies.
The magazine feature personalized messages to parents from pediatricians. To obtain an order form for these magazines, write
to the AAP Division of Public Education, or call toll-free (800) 336-6348.
- The Healthy Kids(now available on TV). The first regular cable television series
devoted to children's health, this show provides parents and caregivers of cihldren, newborn to 5, with the latest information on all aspects of children's
health, this show provides parents and caregivers of children, newborn to 5, with the latest information on all aspects of children's
health. 30 minutes. Sundays at 11:30 a.m. (Eastern/Pacific time) on FAM, the Family Channel. For more information, call (800) 443-9016, ext. 7944.
The AAP has parent and child brocures available on learning disabilities in chiladren, children's growth and milestones, tmper tantrums, toilst training, allergies,
dental health, first aid for infants and children (and a first aid chart), playground safety, and other informative materials, contact:
AAP
141 Northwest Point Blvd.
PO Box 927
Elk Grove Village, IL 60009-0927
(800) 443-9016
(708)228-5005
(708) 228-1281 Fax
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Resources from the Maternal and Child Health Resources and Services Administration
Parent's Guide to Common Childhood Illnesses (from the Association of Asian/Pacific Community Health Organizations, 1992). 10pp. Available in Korean, Laotian, Samoan, and Vietnamese.
Before It's Too Late, Vaccinate (from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. 1992.) Videotape: 16:40 min, closed captioned. Also available in Spansh.
Protect Your Child's Teeth - Put Your Baby to Bed with Love, Not a Bottle (from the Dental Health Foundation. 1990.) Leaflet. Available in English, Cambodian, Chinese, Laotian, Thai, and Vietnamese.
Biblio Alert! New Resources for Child Care Health and Safety, Vol. 1, No. 1- Focus on Infection Control in Child Care (from the National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health. 1994.) 13 pp.
To obtain these publications, contact:
NATOINAL MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CLEARING HOUSE
8201 Greensboro Drive
Suite 600
McLean VA 22102-3810
(703) 821-8955, ext. 254
(703) 821-2098 Fax
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