| Edition |
1st Da Capo Press ed. |
| Description |
xix, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
"A Merloyd Lawrence book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-260) and index. |
| Contents |
Sally's story -- IQ testing: uses and misuses -- Play and learning: floortime -- Building basic thinking -- Building advanced thinking -- Using all the thinking levels: the Sidwell Friends buddy project -- Getting to the roots: avoiding labels -- Deciphering sounds -- Making sense of what we hear -- Organizing actions: motor planning and sequencing -- Organizing thoughts -- Regulating sensation -- Making sense of what we see -- Integrating all the roots: the Sidwell Friends nutrition project -- Helping Sally: strengthening the trunk and the roots -- The learning tree in action: the Sidwell Friends dinosaur project -- Reading comprehension -- Expressing ideas in writing and speaking -- Mathematical thinking and reasoning -- Organizational skills -- The learning tree in conclusion: the Sidwell Friends Native Americans and colonist project. |
| Summary |
Discusses how to identify and analyze missing developmental steps that can lead to learning problems, utilizing the metaphor of a tree to examine how children perceive the world; grow socially and academically; and develop the ability to read, write, organize their work, perform mathematics, and more. |
| Subject |
Learning disabilities -- Prevention.
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Slow learning children -- Education (Early childhood) -- Activity programs.
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Children with disabilities -- Education.
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| Added Author |
Greenspan, Nancy Thorndike.
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Lodish, Richard.
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| ISBN |
9780738212333 (pbk.) |
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0738212334 (pbk.) |
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