Crafts for Kids Who Are Learning about Community Workers
Crafts for Kids Who Are Learning about Community Workers

Author: Kathy Ross

Publisher: Millbrook Press

Published: 2005-08-01

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 0822563436

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A community is a lot of people working together to help each other. In school you are learning about all of the things that community workers do to help you. The projects in this book are all about these workers. They include an Apple for the Teacher Pencil Topper, a Mail Carrier Dispenser for Stamps, a Sock-It Away Bank, a Jackhammer Puppet, a Squirting Hose Puppet, and even a pair of play Handcuffs! So get out your scissors and paste and a few household recyclables, and celebrate your community!

NFB Kids
NFB Kids

Author: Brian J. Low

Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

Published: 2002-02-22

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 0889203865

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Annotation Using a half-century of films from the archival collection of the National Film Board, NFB Kids overcomes a long-standing impasse about what films may be credibly said to document. Here they document not "reality" but social images preserved over time - the "NFB Society"--An evolving, cinematic representation of Canadian families, schools and communities.

Understanding Kids, Play, and Interactive Design
Understanding Kids, Play, and Interactive Design

Author: Mark Schlichting

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2019-09-23

Total Pages: 747

ISBN-13: 0429664834

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This book is a way of sharing insights empirically gathered, over decades of interactive media development, by the author and other children’s designers. Included is as much emerging theory as possible in order to provide background for practical and technical aspects of design while still keeping the information accessible. The author's intent for this book is not to create an academic treatise but to furnish an insightful and practical manual for the next generation of children’s interactive media and game designers. Key Features Provides practical detailing of how children's developmental needs and capabilities translate to specific design elements of a piece of media Serves as an invaluable reference for anyone who is designing interactive games for children (or adults) Detailed discussions of how children learn and how they play Provides lots of examples and design tips on how to design content that will be appealing and effective for various age ranges Accessible approach, based on years of successful creative business experience, covers basics across the gamut from developmental needs and learning theories to formats, colors, and sounds

Raising Musical Kids
Raising Musical Kids

Author: Robert A. Cutietta

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 019994167X

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Does music make kids smarter? At what age should a child begin music lessons? Where should you purchase an instrument? What should parents expect from a child's teachers and lessons? How can you get kids to practice? Raising Musical Kids answers these and many other questions as it guides parents through everything from assembling a listening library for kids, to matching a child's personality with an instrument's personality, to finding musical resources in your community. Knowing that children can—and often do—get most of their music education from their school, parent and educator Robert Cutietta explores the features and benefits of elementary and secondary school programs, and shows how parents can work with the schools to provide the best possible music program. Throughout the book, Cutietta emphasizes the joy of participating in music for its own sake. The first edition of Raising Musical Kids delighted and informed parents to equal degrees, and this fully-revised second edition is a book that parents everywhere will treasure as a complete road map for developing their child's musical abilities.

My Rural Community
My Rural Community

Author: Portia Summers

Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC

Published: 2016-07-15

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 0766078205

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Farmers, families, truck drivers, and veterinarians: these are just a few of the people who live and work in a rural community. Young readers will get to know all about these people and their role in their community through this engaging, simple text. Interesting facts and full-color photos provide readers with a look at all aspects of the rural community, including what country life is like for children, how different farms work, and how neighbors in a rural community work together to help each other. A follow-up activity utilizes a graphic organizer to help readers understand the different people and jobs that are needed to get work done on a farm.

Claiming Home, Shaping Community
Claiming Home, Shaping Community

Author: Gloria H. Cuádraz

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 2017-11-14

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0816537127

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"Through first-person testimonies, this anthology demonstrates the transformative power of higher education and its impact on the working class"--Provided by publisher.

Place- and Community-Based Education in Schools
Place- and Community-Based Education in Schools

Author: Gregory A. Smith

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-04-08

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1134999917

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Place- and community-based education – an approach to teaching and learning that starts with the local – addresses two critical gaps in the experience of many children now growing up in the United States: contact with the natural world and contact with community. It offers a way to extend young people’s attention beyond the classroom to the world as it actually is, and to engage them in the process of devising solutions to the social and environmental problems they will confront as adults. This approach can increase students’ engagement with learning and enhance their academic achievement. Envisioned as a primer and guide for educators and members of the public interested in incorporating the local into schools in their own communities, this book explains the purpose and nature of place- and community-based education and provides multiple examples of its practice. The detailed descriptions of learning experiences set both within and beyond the classroom will help readers begin the process of advocating for or incorporating local content and experiences into their schools.