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"This
fall, young children across America will step aboard a school
bus for their first ride to kindergarten. They will do so
will a mixture of excitement and anticipation, hungry to learn
and explore the world around them. What, how, and how much
they learn in school will depend in large part on the social
and emotional competence they have developed as pre-schoolers..."
Read
the rest of the article below which was commissioned by The
Child Mental Health Foundations and Agencies Network:
A
Good Beginning: Sending America's Children to School with
the Social and Emotional Competence They Need To Succeed
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New
Book Tackles the Beginning Stage of Research
Libraries
Unlimitied, a member of the Greenwood Publishing Group, has commissioned
me to write three
storybooks with educator guides on early research targeted toward
children in the primary grades. Each features Mac, Information
Detective, and the "Curious Kids" planning, exploring,
or preparing a research topic. The first, The Curious Kids
and the Squiggly Question (illustrations by Gerry Stockley
and graphic design by Andrea Reeves) will be released in the Spring!
Here is a sneak peek. . .
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The
curious kids have saved a caterpillar from getting squished
in the school yard. |
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want to help Squiggly but need information so they pay a visit
to their friend, Mac, Information Detective. |
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Mac
listens as the Curious Kids tell him about Squiggly. They have
lots of questions they want the answers to. |
| They're
off to on their information adventure. But first, a visit to
Mac's School for Information Detectives to pick up a few pointers. |
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The
educational objectives of the storybook series described above can
be accessed below.
Educational
Objectives
(of The
Curious Kids and the Squiggly Question)
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How
do you recognize curiosity?
A
curious child asks lots of questions.
A
curious child likes to explore his or her environment.
A
curious child will persist in his or her exploration.
Part
of a child's school readiness should be a social and emotional
environment that nurtures the above characteristics; once
students are in school, we need to reward rather than discourage
curiosity.
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