Creating Environments for Learning: Birth to Age Eight, 3rd edition

Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eTextThe Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with the following multimedia features:

• Embedded videos. Enrich the experience with the text by allowing readers to see real teachers in real classrooms, sharing their insights. (See pages 16, 28, and 88 for examples.)
• Check Your Understanding of chapter content. Embedded assessments with feedback at the end of each major heading allow students to continually assess their understanding of chapter content and concepts. (See pages 16, 273, and 424 for examples.)
• End of Chapter Self-Check. A multiple-choice format Chapter Quiz with objective feedback to their responses lets students assess their overall understanding of chapter concepts. (See pages 22, 292, and 428 for examples.)

Instructors, visit pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted to register for your digital examination copy. Students, register for or purchase your eText at pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted.

Additional text benefits include:

• Learning is enhanced through a user-friendly presentation and a number of helpful features, including:
  • Ideas and concepts are applied to real life situations and have meaning for classrooms and students.
    • Examples/scenarios of concepts in action begin each chapter and are embedded throughout the text.
    • Over 140 color photos further illustrate the principles.
    • Over 900 relevant citations bring students up to date on the latest research in the field.
  • The latest national standards are covered in ways that show students how they can be embedded into a play-based environment.
  • Information on diversity familiarizes students with ways to deal effectively with the many different learners in today’s classrooms.
• Inclusive coverage spans the entire early childhood age group, from birth to age eight, and looks at a wide range of settings, including:
  • Family childcare.
  • Infant-toddler programs.
  • Preschool programs.
  • After school programs.
  • Elementary school programs.
• Developmental progressions such as block building, art, and writing are written about and illustrated throughout the text.
• NEW! A pop-up Glossary that allows students to easily check or clarify the meaning of terms they encounter in the text.

Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eText
The Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with the following multimedia features:

• Embedded videos. Enrich the experience with the text by allowing readers to see real teachers in real classrooms, sharing their insights. (See pages 16, 28, and 88 for examples.)
• Check Your Understanding of chapter content. Embedded assessments with feedback at the end of each major heading allow students to continually assess their understanding of chapter content and concepts. (See pages 16, 273, and 424 for examples.)
• End of Chapter Self-Check. A multiple-choice format Chapter Quiz with objective feedback to their responses lets students assess their overall understanding of chapter concepts. (See pages 22, 292, and 428 for examples.)

Instructors, visit pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted to register for your digital examination copy. Students, register for or purchase your eText at pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted.

Key content changes include:

• Additional sections on meeting the needs of K-3 children were added to many chapters to help students understand how this philosophy applies to children in elementary schools.
• Updated research includes 20 percent new citations and 180 new research references.
• 36 new or updated figures and tables call attention to timely, important information. (For example, a new figure on strategies for working with dual language learners helps students meet the needs of this increasingly present group.)
• Additional emphasis on the Common Core State Standards and new curriculum standards has been added. For example, new national standards on the arts were incorporated into the music and art chapters, and dance was added to the music chapter.
• A fresh, up-to-date look at technology includes an updated chapter on technology and the integration of technology resources throughout the text to show how role of technology in the learning process and to help students understand how to use it effectively.
• Create Your Own sections in most chapters provide photos and directions for creating inexpensive, durable, age-appropriate, hands-on teaching tools that are rich in play value. For example, Create Your Own Ball Roll uses empty water bottles and magnetic tape and an auto magnetic drip pan to allow children to experiment with different patterns as they arrange the ball rolls.
• A pop-up Glossary allows students to easily check or clarify the meaning of terms they encounter in the text.