Winning Ways to Learn-Ages 6, 7 and 8 : Six Hundred Ideas for Children

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

• ISBN13: 9780966639773
• ISBN10: 0966639774
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Goddard Pr Inc

Summary

Helps parents become partners with teachers by reinforcing 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 and Spelling	22	(3)
Mathematical Thinking	25	(10)
Patterns and Relationships	26	(2)
Numbers and Their Use	28	(2)
Geometry, Spatial Relations, and Measurement	30	(2)
Probability and Statistics	32	(3)
Scientific Thinking	35	(6)
Observing, Investigating, and Questioning	36	(2)
Predicting, Explaining, and Forming Conclusions	38	(3)
Social Studies	41	(6)
People and How They Live Their Lives	42	(2)
How the Past, the Land, and People Affect one Another	44	(3)
The Arts	47	(6)
Artistic Expression	48	(2)
Artistic Appreciation	50	(3)
Physical Development and Health	53	(10)
Large-Muscle Development	54	(2)
Small-Muscle Development	56	(2)
Personal Health and Safety	58	(5)
Personal and Social Development	63	(8)
Self-Concept and Self-Control	64	(2)
Approach to Learning	66	(2)
Interactions with Others	68	(3)
Language and Literacy	71	(8)
Listining and Speaking	72	(2)
Literature and Reading	74	(2)
Writing and Spelling	76	(3)
Mathematical Thinking	79	(10)
Patterns and Relationships	80	(2)
Numbers and Their Use	82	(2)
Geometry, Spatial Relations, and Measurement	84	(2)
Probability and Statistics	86	(3)
Scientific Thinking	89	(6)
Observing, Investigating, and Questioning	90	(2)
Predicting, Explaining, and Forming Conclusions	92	(3)
Social Studies	95	(6)
People and How They Live Their Lives	96	(2)
How the Past, the Land, and People Affect one Another	98	(3)
The Arts	101	(6)
Artistic Expression	102	(2)
Artistic Appreciation	104	(3)
Physical Development and Health	107	(10)
Large-Muscle Development	108	(2)
Small-Muscle Development	110	(2)
Personal Health and Safety	112	(5)
Personal and Social Development	117	(8)
Self-Concept and Self-Control	118	(2)
Approach to Learning	120	(2)
Interactions with Others	122	(3)
Language and Literacy	125	(8)
Listening and Speaking	126	(2)
Literature and Reading	128	(2)
Writing and Spelling	130	(3)
Mathematical Thinking	133	(10)
Patterns and Relationships	134	(2)
Numbers and Their Use	136	(2)
Geometry, Spatial Relations, and Measurement	138	(2)
Probability and Statistics	140	(3)
Scientific Thinking	143	(6)
Observing, Investigating, and Questioning	144	(2)
Predicting, Explaining, and Forming Conclusions	146	(3)
Social Studies	149	(6)
People and How They Live Their Lives	150	(2)
How the Past, the Land, and People Affect one Another	152	(3)
The Arts	155	(6)
Artistic Expression	156	(2)
Artistic Appreciation	158	(3)
Physical Development and Health	161	(8)
Large-Muscle Development	162	(2)
Small-Muscle Development	164	(2)
Personal Health and Safety	166	(3)
Looking Ahead	169	(1)
About the Authors	170	(2)
About the Work Sampling System®	172