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Early Childhood Classroom

Creative Resources for the Early Childhood Classroom
The book contains 76 different themes ranging from Ants to Zoo Animals, presented in alphabetical order. Content for each theme includes the following sections: Curriculum Flowchart, Theme Goals, Concepts for Children to Learn, Vocabulary, Bulletin Board Ideas, Sample Parent Letter, Arts and Crafts, Cooking, Dramatic Play, Field Trips, Fingerplays/Chants, Group Time, Science, Math, Sensory, Large Motor, Fine Motor, Social Studies, Books, Recordings and Song Titles, and Technology/Multimedia Resources. T
All about Child Care and Early Education
Covers the basics of early education and care: providing safe, healthy, and appropriately stimulating learning environments; child development and developmentally appropriate practices and curricula in all domains (physical, cognitive, language, social-emotional, and creativity), positive guidance strategies, partnering with families, child assessment and program management, and professionalism.

Books in the Lakeland Library collection

The Creative Curriculum for Preschool
America's leading preschool curriculum model.
Bilingual Book of Rhymes, Songs, Stories, and Fingerplays
With Spanish and English on each page, this collection of rhymes, songs, stories, and fingerplays provides the opportunity for building vocabulary and exploring the sounds of language-important skills for beginning readers!
The Read-Aloud Handbook
The classic handbook on reading aloud to children offers proven techniques and strategies for helping children discover the pleasures of reading and setting them on the road to becoming lifelong readers.

Print Books in the Lakeland Library collection

The Lakeland Catalog lists books held in the Library's collection.

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Use a Keyword search to find books about a topic.
Use a Title search to find a specific book.
Use the Author search to find books by author.
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Caldecott and Newbery Award Winning Titles at Lakeland

To find the Caldecott and Newbery Award books, click the links below. Each award winning title has a spine label identifying the award won for easy identification. Corretta Scott King award winning books are also labeled.

Searching for Books by Colored Label

ARTS – PINK LABEL

Art
Artists
Colors
Crafts
Music: song books, dance

HEALTH & PHYSICAL CARE – ORANGE LABEL

Baby
Bedtime
Differences
Family
Feelings
Food
Friendship
House
Love
Manners
Personal Care
Safety
School
Senses
Sports

LANGUAGES – PURPLE LABEL

Bi-Lingual
Language Arts
Letters
Numbers
Opposites
Shapes
Sign Language
Time

LITERATURE – YELLOW LABEL

Caldecott
Dr. Seuss
Fairy Tales
Folk Tales
Golden Books
Nursery Rhymes
Poems & Rhymes

VARIOUS TOPICS – LIGHT BLUE LABEL

Chapter Books
DVD’S
Early Readers
Eyewitness
Favorite Characters
History
Humor
Look & Find
TV / Movies

NATURE – GREEN LABEL

Animal Stores
Birds
Cats and Dogs
Dinosaurs
Farm / Forest Animals
Horses
Insects / Reptiles
Ocean Life
Outer Space
Plants / Trees
Science
Snow Animals
Various Animals
Weather
Wild Animals
Zoo

PEOPLE & PLACES – DARK BLUE LABEL

Community Helpers
Multi-Culture
Pirates
Presidents
Travel

SEASONS & HOLIDAYS – RED LABEL

All Seasons
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
Birthdays
Holidays

TRANSPORATION & CONSTRUCTION – BLACK LABEL

Boats
Bus
Cars
Construction
Planes
Rescue Vehicles
Trains
Trucks
Various Vehicles

BOARD BOOKS – WHITE LABEL

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Subjects:
Early Childhood Education, Fine Art, Graphic Design, Math & Statistics, Media Studies, and Photography

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