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xii Chapter 31 Guiding Children with Special Needs. . . . . . . . . . . . 618 Education Plans for Children with Special Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620 Role of the Teacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621 Hearing Impairments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623 Communication Disorders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 Visual Impairments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628 Physical Disabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631 Health Conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634 Intellectual Disabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639 Learning Disabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640 Behavioral Disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640 Autism Spectrum Disorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641 Giftedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641 Integrating Children with Special Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643 Chapter 32 Engaging Parents and Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648 Objectives for Parent and Family Engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651 Written Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651 Parent-Teacher Conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655 Home Visits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662 Sunshine Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662 Discussion Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663 Family Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664 Take-Home Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666 Parent Volunteers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667 Respecting Parent and Family Differences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670 Chapter 33 A Career for You in Early Childhood Education . . . . . . . 674 Choosing a Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676 Preparing a Résumé. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679 Cover Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682 Avenues for Seeking Employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683 The Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686 Employee Rights and Responsibilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692 Terminating Employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 Balancing Multiple Roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698 Appendix A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702 Appendix B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707 Photo Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746

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xii Chapter 31 Guiding Children with Special Needs. . . . . . . . . . . . 618 Education Plans for Children with Special Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620 Role of the Teacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621 Hearing Impairments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623 Communication Disorders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 Visual Impairments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628 Physical Disabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631 Health Conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634 Intellectual Disabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639 Learning Disabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640 Behavioral Disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640 Autism Spectrum Disorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641 Giftedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641 Integrating Children with Special Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643 Chapter 32 Engaging Parents and Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648 Objectives for Parent and Family Engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651 Written Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651 Parent-Teacher Conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655 Home Visits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662 Sunshine Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662 Discussion Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663 Family Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664 Take-Home Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666 Parent Volunteers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667 Respecting Parent and Family Differences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670 Chapter 33 A Career for You in Early Childhood Education . . . . . . . 674 Choosing a Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676 Preparing a Résumé. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679 Cover Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682 Avenues for Seeking Employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683 The Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686 Employee Rights and Responsibilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692 Terminating Employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 Balancing Multiple Roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698 Appendix A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702 Appendix B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707 Photo Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746

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xiii Health Policies and Practices . . . . . 14 Conducting Daily Health Checks . . . 32 Observing Developmental Milestones . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Nutrition and Brain Development . . . 68 Failure to Thrive (FTT). . . . . . . . . 91 Delays in Speech and Language . . 115 Reducing Staff Stress . . . . . . . . 124 Healthful Activities for School-Age Children . . . . . . . 142 Sanitizing Surfaces . . . . . . . . . 172 Preventing Computer Vision Syndrome . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Poison Proofi ng. . . . . . . . . . . 214 Avoiding BPA. . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Serving Milk in Early Childhood Programs . . . . . . . 239 Doctor and Dental Visits . . . . . . 253 Peanut Allergies . . . . . . . . . . 271 Signs of Unhealthy Self-Esteem . . . 292 Helping Children Cope with Trauma . . . . . . . . 311 Allergies and Classroom Pets . . . . 327 Using Potty Chairs . . . . . . . . . 344 Teaching About Health Through Daily Routines. . . . . . 354 Art Therapy for Young Children . . . 380 Using Books to Teach About Health . . . . . . . . . . 406 Feature Contents Learn More About... Learn More About... Children Lacking Adult Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . 600 Hearing Aids . . . . . . . . . . . . 624 Conferences and Culture . . . . . . 655 Supporting Absent Parents . . . . . 657 Finalizing Your Portfolio . . . . . . . 690 Kindergarten Programs . . . . . . . . . 8 NAFCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Using Video Cameras for Anecdotal Records . . . . . . . . . 57 Principles of Development. . . . . . . 67 Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development . . . . . . . . 77 Learning Standards . . . . . . . . . . 79 Object Permanence . . . . . . . . . 93 Body Language. . . . . . . . . . . 109 Imitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Achievement and Motivation . . . . 143 The Infl uence of Space on Behavior. . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Toys and Self-Esteem . . . . . . . . 190 Informing Staff About Toxic Substances . . . . . . . . . 217 Safe School Gardens . . . . . . . . 236 Keeping a Medication Log . . . . . 251 Sprains, Strains, and Fractures . . . 261 Nonverbal Communication . . . . . 280 Cooking Area Limits . . . . . . . . 326 Responses to the Schedule . . . . . 336 Celebrating Holidays . . . . . . . . 365 Preventing Glue Messes. . . . . . . 386 Rainbow Stew . . . . . . . . . . . 389 Making Felt Figures. . . . . . . . . 417 Making a Puppet Stage . . . . . . . 433 Left-Handed Children. . . . . . . . 444 Writing Numerals. . . . . . . . . . 465 Classroom Animals. . . . . . . . . 489 Teaching Change Concepts. . . . . 509 Foods from Home . . . . . . . . . 519 Using Music Responsibly . . . . . . 535 Accessible Field Trips . . . . . . . . 559 Infant Feeding Areas . . . . . . . . 576 FOCUS ON HEALTH FOCUS ON HEALTH

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xiii Health Policies and Practices . . . . . 14 Conducting Daily Health Checks . . . 32 Observing Developmental Milestones . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Nutrition and Brain Development . . . 68 Failure to Thrive (FTT). . . . . . . . . 91 Delays in Speech and Language . . 115 Reducing Staff Stress . . . . . . . . 124 Healthful Activities for School-Age Children . . . . . . . 142 Sanitizing Surfaces . . . . . . . . . 172 Preventing Computer Vision Syndrome . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Poison Proofi ng. . . . . . . . . . . 214 Avoiding BPA. . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Serving Milk in Early Childhood Programs . . . . . . . 239 Doctor and Dental Visits . . . . . . 253 Peanut Allergies . . . . . . . . . . 271 Signs of Unhealthy Self-Esteem . . . 292 Helping Children Cope with Trauma . . . . . . . . 311 Allergies and Classroom Pets . . . . 327 Using Potty Chairs . . . . . . . . . 344 Teaching About Health Through Daily Routines. . . . . . 354 Art Therapy for Young Children . . . 380 Using Books to Teach About Health . . . . . . . . . . 406 Feature Contents Learn More About... Learn More About... Children Lacking Adult Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . 600 Hearing Aids . . . . . . . . . . . . 624 Conferences and Culture . . . . . . 655 Supporting Absent Parents . . . . . 657 Finalizing Your Portfolio . . . . . . . 690 Kindergarten Programs . . . . . . . . . 8 NAFCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Using Video Cameras for Anecdotal Records . . . . . . . . . 57 Principles of Development. . . . . . . 67 Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development . . . . . . . . 77 Learning Standards . . . . . . . . . . 79 Object Permanence . . . . . . . . . 93 Body Language. . . . . . . . . . . 109 Imitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Achievement and Motivation . . . . 143 The Infl uence of Space on Behavior. . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Toys and Self-Esteem . . . . . . . . 190 Informing Staff About Toxic Substances . . . . . . . . . 217 Safe School Gardens . . . . . . . . 236 Keeping a Medication Log . . . . . 251 Sprains, Strains, and Fractures . . . 261 Nonverbal Communication . . . . . 280 Cooking Area Limits . . . . . . . . 326 Responses to the Schedule . . . . . 336 Celebrating Holidays . . . . . . . . 365 Preventing Glue Messes. . . . . . . 386 Rainbow Stew . . . . . . . . . . . 389 Making Felt Figures. . . . . . . . . 417 Making a Puppet Stage . . . . . . . 433 Left-Handed Children. . . . . . . . 444 Writing Numerals. . . . . . . . . . 465 Classroom Animals. . . . . . . . . 489 Teaching Change Concepts. . . . . 509 Foods from Home . . . . . . . . . 519 Using Music Responsibly . . . . . . 535 Accessible Field Trips . . . . . . . . 559 Infant Feeding Areas . . . . . . . . 576 FOCUS ON HEALTH FOCUS ON HEALTH

xi Cooking Experiences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520 Multicultural Cooking Experiences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 Setting the Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525 Seating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525 Serving and Eating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526 Cleaning Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526 Eating Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526 Chapter 27 Guiding Music and Movement Experiences . . . . . . . . . 530 The Importance of Music and Movement Experiences . . . . . . . . . . . . 532 Music Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 The Teacher’s Role in Music Experiences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534 Rhythm Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538 Scheduling Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542 Music Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544 The Teacher’s Role in Movement Experiences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 Movement Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 Chapter 28 Guiding Field Trip Experiences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554 The Importance of Field Trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556 First Field Trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556 Selecting Trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558 Planning a Field Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561 Virtual Field Trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566 Creating Field Trip Albums. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567 Unit Five Other People You Will Meet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570 Chapter 29 Programs for Infants and Toddlers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572 Characteristics of Infant and Toddler Caregivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574 Guidelines for Infant-Toddler Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575 Infant Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576 Toddler Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576 Caring for Infants and Toddlers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 Challenges in Caring for Infants and Toddlers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584 Toys for Infants and Toddlers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586 Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589 Parent Involvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593 Maintaining the Environment to Prevent Illness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593 Chapter 30 Programs for School-Age Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598 Quality School-Age Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601 Types of School-Age Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602 Characteristics of School-Age Program Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603 School-Age Children’s Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606 Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608 Scheduling School-Age Program Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611

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