Winning Ways to Learn-Ages 3, 4 and 5 : Six Hundred Great Ideas for Children

by Meisels, Samuel J.; Marsden, Dorothea B.; Stetson, Charlotte

• ISBN13: 9780966639766
• ISBN10: 0966639766
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Goddard Pr Inc

Summary

Helps parents become partners with teachers by reinforcing preschool classroom learning and activities at home.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	v
A Winning Approach for Families and Children	1	(8)
The Bridge Between Home and School	2	(1)
What's in Winning ways to Learn	3	(2)
The Source of Winning Ways to Learn	5	(4)
Personal and Social Development	9	(8)
Self-Concept and Self-Control	10	(2)
Approach to Learning	12	(2)
Interactions with Others	14	(3)
Language and Literacy	17	(8)
Listening and Speaking	18	(2)
Literature and Reading	20	(2)
Writing	22	(3)
Mathematical Thinking	25	(8)
Patterns and Relationships	26	(2)
Numbers and Their Use	28	(2)
Geometry, Spatial Relations, and Measurement	30	(3)
Scientific Thinking	33	(6)
Observing and Describing	34	(2)
Questioning and Investigating	36	(3)
Social Studies	39	(6)
People and How They Live Together	40	(2)
How The Past, The Land, and People Affect one Another	42	(3)
The Arts	45	(6)
Artistic Expression	46	(2)
Artistic Appreciation	48	(3)
Physical Development and Health	51	(10)
Large-Muscle Development	52	(2)
Small-Muscle Development	54	(2)
Personal Health and Safety/Self-Help Skills	56	(5)
Personal and Social Development	61	(8)
Self-Concept and Self-Control	62	(2)
Approach to Learning	64	(2)
Interactions with Others	66	(3)
Language and Literacy	69	(8)
Listening and Speaking	70	(2)
Literature and Reading	72	(2)
Writing	74	(3)
Mathematical Thinking	77	(8)
Patterns and Relationships	78	(2)
Numbers and Their Use	80	(2)
Geometry, Spatial Relations, and Measurement	82	(3)
Scientific Thinking	85	(6)
Observing, Questioning, and Investigating	86	(2)
Explaining and Predicting	88	(3)
Social Studies	91	(6)
People and How They Live Together	92	(2)
How the Past, the Land, and People Affect one Another	94	(3)
The Arts	97	(6)
Artistic Expression	98	(2)
Artistic Appreciation	100	(3)
Physical Development and Health	103	(10)
Large-Muscle Development	104	(2)
Small-Muscle Development	106	(2)
Personal Health and Safety/Self-Help Skills	108	(5)
Personal and Social Development	113	(8)
Self-Concept and Self-Control	114	(2)
Approach to Learning	116	(2)
Interactions with Others	118	(3)
Language and Literacy	121	(8)
Listening and Speaking	122	(2)
Literature and Reading	124	(2)
Writing	126	(3)
Mathematical Thinking	129	(8)
Patterns and Relationships	130	(2)
Numbers and Their Use	132	(2)
Geometry, Spatial Relations, and Measurement	134	(3)
Scientific Thinking	137	(6)
Observing, Investigating, and Questioning	138	(2)
Predicting, Explaining, and Forming Conclusions	140	(3)
Social Studies	143	(6)
People and How They Live Together	144	(2)
How the Past, the Land, and People Affect one Another	146	(3)
The Arts	149	(6)
Artistic Expression	150	(2)
Artistic Appreciation	152	(3)
Physical Development and Health	155	(8)
Large-Muscle Development	156	(2)
Small-Muscle Development	158	(2)
Personal Health and Safety	160	(3)
Looking Ahead	163	(3)
About the Authors	166	(3)
About the Work Sampling System®	169