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The theoretical, practical and content guide to early childhood mathematics education. Mathematics in Early Childhood Education explores mathematics in a range of early childhood contexts, including home, playgroup, childcare, preschool, and school. This book unfolds layers of knowledge relevant to early childhood mathematics education to help pre-service teachers increase confidence and build up a comprehensive professional identity as a mathematics educator. Part 1 explains the overarching theoretical framework for the teaching of mathematics in early childhood education, including a dedicated chapter on curricula. Part 2 includes opinion pieces to various mathematics education approaches helping students to develop various theoretical perspectives. Part 3 provides lesson plans on topics such as patterns, measurement and space and geometry, allowing students to fully engross themselves in mathematics content. Mathematics in Early Childhood Education balances theoretical perspectives with strong practical examples and teacher guidance providing pre-service educators an all-round solution to teaching mathematics in early childhood.

Much is known about preschool children''s mathematics learning and the role of play in that learning. Many early childhood educators are quite adept at observing and documenting the mathematics learning of the children in their settings. These teachers "notice" the children''s mathematics but they are not the only ones to "notice". In this paper, children''s noticing of their own and others'' mathematics is investigated through a pilot study of a small number of preschool and first-year-of-school children. Content analysis of observations and children''s discussions with researchers provides the basis for the early development of an analytical framework for children''s "noticing" mathematics.

Worried that he may not even be a beaver at all, Little Beaver heads off in search of his true identity, meeting lots of different animals along the way.

As described in the symposium overview, this paper is built on two researchers'' interests and research concerning mathematics learning and teaching at the time of children''s transition to primary school, including prior-to-school and the first years of school. Our previous research has shown that young children are aware of their own mathematical thinking and the experiences during which mathematics learning has occurred; however, for young children it is often easier to talk about something tangible rather than something abstract. In our attempts to elicit the mathematical thinking of four to seven year-olds we have found that the use of visual stimuli prompts children to not only notice their own learning, but also share this learning with others. In this paper we describe two forms of visual prompting we have found to be very useful as research methodologies for assisting children to notice their mathematical thinking: children''s drawings and video-stimulus recall.

Late Quaternary histories are investigated here for sediment cores from Lakes Huron and Michigan, using the oxygen- and carbon-isotope compositions of biogenic carbonates and the oxygen- and hydrogen-isotope compositions of porewater. Age models for these cores are based on sedimentological information, and where possible, radiocarbon and pollen dates. The Michigan Basin cores provide a thick record of the late Pleistocene, whereas the Huron Basin cores primarily record Holocene deposition. Taken together, the histories recorded in biogenic carbonates from these sediments provide a clear account of lakewater isotopic changes - and their significance - over much of the history of the Great Lakes Basin. Biogenic carbonates, and ostracodes in particular, serve as excellent recorders of lakewater!18O values. Modern specimens from Lake Huron have been used to assess non-equilibrium oxygen- and carbon-isotope fractionation effects during shell formation within this setting. This information provides improved ability to calculate the oxygenisotopic compositions of paleolakewater using fossil biogenic carbonates from the cores. The fossil shell compositions indicate intervals characterized by low!18O meltwater originating from the retreating Laurentide Ice Sheet and/or associated proglacial lakes, and periods dominated by higher!18O water that are more reflective of regional precipitation, runoff and climatic conditions. Differences in the oxygen- and carbonisotope compositions of deep- versus shallower-water ostracode species in the Michigan Basin cores suggest isotopic stratification of its lakewater during the late Pleistocene. Results for previously unstudied parts of the Huron Basin suggest that sub-basins acquired different oxygen-isotope compositions during periods of very low lake levels, reflecting different water sources and/or different conditions at such times. Early Holocene influxes of glacial meltwater into the Huron Basin, and to a lesser extent the Michigan Basin, correlate with major global climate perturbations that were likely triggered by release of large volumes of glacial meltwater into the Arctic and/or North Atlantic Oceans. Porewater did not preserve original lakewater!18O and!D values. These compositions are largely controlled by downward diffusion of modern lakewater.

King Argentocoxos of Caledonii, one of the last Northern Pict tribes to yield to the Romans, reluctantly offers his daughter''s hand in marriage as a last, desperate act to negotiate peace with the Empire. Caracalla, the eldest son of the aged and ailing Emperor, Septimius Severus, perversely relinquishes the beautiful Caledonian princess to his bride-less, homosexual brother, Geta. Princess Fiona is torn away from Galen, the man whom she believes she loves, and is thrust into an entirely different world. The Roman World. Alone and frightened, she grasps onto the one person who dares to show her kindness-- Marcus Camillus, a mighty ex-Primus Pilus, who is struggling to fight the demons of his past. This unique friendship soon develops into something more... an empowering love, which in turn casts them both into a vortex of unforeseen dangers. Once the aged emperor dies, he leaves both sons to rule his Empire. But separate divisions of Rome were not to Caracalla''s liking. Once his brother is out of the way, murdered, the new, solitary emperor finds a most entertaining way to increase Rome''s treasury for his war campaigns. What better way to enhance his riches than to use the Princess of Caledonii as a prisoner of war and enter her into the Gladiator''s arena! Marcus and Fiona are thrown into some complicated situations, but through it all their love withstands and grows, giving them the hope and courage they need in order to survive a world that constantly dares to drive them apart.

A songbook that includes the songs from the debut album of Scottish teen singer-songwriter Amy MacDonald arranged for piano, voice and guitar. It includes four pages of colour photographs.

With all the vitality of a jump-rope rhyme, the whole community pours in with remedies for Rachel''s blister, and all romp across the page in lively illustrations.

Readers will flip for Aunt Mattie! This two-in-one flip book contains two novels in their entirety. In No More Nice, eleven-year-old Simon meets his eccentric Great Aunt Matilda and Uncle Philbert, who have very different ideas about what good manners are. In the sequel, No More Nasty, Aunt Mattie returns as a substitute teacher for Simon''s rambunctious class, using her unique way of looking at things to make learning fun.

Readers will flip for Aunt Mattie! This two-in-one flip book contains two novels in their entirety. In "No More Nice," eleven-year-old Simon meets his eccentric Great Aunt Matilda and Uncle Philbert, who have very different ideas about what good manners are. In the sequel, "No More Nasty," Aunt Mattie returns as a substitute teacher for Simon''s rambunctious class, using her unique way of looking at things to make learning fun.

Quentin Fenten Herter Third is always perfectly behaved, but his shadow, Quentin Fenten Herter Three, is quite the opposite.

When Simon''s Great Aunt Matilda becomes the substitute teacher for his unruly fifth-grade class, her unique way of looking at things gives the students a new perspective on learning.

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Little Beaver s search for a friend he thinks he hears across a pond is perfect for every child who''s ever felt lonely."Children old enough to long for friends of their own will nestle right into this appealing story....Ideal for reading aloud at the beginning of the school year of during camp sessions, when there''s a little bit of Little Beaver in every kid." -- Booklist"Perfect for little ones at quiet-time or bedtime." -- Publishers Weekly "Enchanting." -- The New York Times Book Review

Cousin Ruth''s tooth is missing and no one can find it--even after looking everywhere imaginable. The Queen and little Ruth herself finally solve the rollicking mystery in a fittingly funny conclusion to this galloping ride in rhyme.

Spider needs a firm place to set her egg which is about to hatch, but since sun, moon, and cloud tell her they have no room for it, she creates the world.

Simple text and illustrations encourage readers to participate in such activities as pat-a-cake, tickling, and blowing dandelions. On board pages.

Readers are encouraged to pretend to act like various animals. On board pages.

Illustrations and brief text on board pages ask babies to try different activities, such as hair brushing, drinking milk, and washing tummies.

Illustrations and brief text on board pages ask babies to make a noise like a cat, a train, a truck, and other familiar things around them.