Wired to move : facts and strategies for nurturing boys in an early childhood setting / Ruth Hanford Morhard ; foreword by Larry Griffin ; introductions by Anthony President and Felix Muniz, DMin.
Material type: TextPublisher: Lewisville, NC : Gryphon House, [2013]Description: 168 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780876593226
- 0876593228
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's | 372.21 M853 | Available | 33111008127215 | ||||
Children's Book | Main Library | Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's | 372.21 M853 | Available | 33111008096410 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Using the latest brain research to explore and explain differences in how boys and girls learn, this informative resource provides early childhood educators tools to make the way they teach and their classrooms more boy friendly. Grounded in findings from the nonprofit child care and early education and youth agency Starting Point?s Boys? Project, this handbook is designed to help teachers better understand, support, and work with young boys. From an overview of what makes boys tick and the unique needs of African American and Hispanic boys to simple, effective options to involve boys in the early childhood classroom and encourage family engagement and parental participation, it offers practical strategies teachers can implement in even the stickiest situations. The book?s expansive resources section?full of book lists, websites, parent handouts, and support and mentoring organizations?will help teachers take principles and ideas in the book to the next level.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Starting Point Boys' Project -- What little boys are made of -- Nurturing boys' brains -- Nurturing African American boys -- Nurturing Hispanic/Latino boys -- Partnering with parents -- Limiting media influences -- Heroes and superheroes.
"Using the latest brain research to explore and explain differences in how boys and girls learn, this informative resource provides early childhood educators tools to make the way they teach and their classrooms more boy friendly. Grounded in findings from the nonprofit child care and early education and youth agency Starting Pointś Boys ́Project, this handbook is designed to help teachers better understand, support, and work with young boys. From an overview of what makes boys tick and the unique needs of African American and Hispanic boys to simple, effective options to involve boys in the early childhood classroom and encourage family engagement and parental participation, it offers practical strategies teachers can implement in even the stickiest situations"--Amazon.com.