Overview
With the increase in both parents working outside the home during the last two decades, infants and toddlers are spending more time together in infant/toddler programs and family child-care homes. From Biting to Hugging will give you effective strategies to help you take advantage of this peer time. Enhance the quality of peer experiences in infant/toddler group settings Create responsive adult-child relationships and environments Encourage positive social-emotional development and learning Teach infants and toddlers how to be in healthy, enjoyable relationships Learn strategies for gently handling challenging behaviors AWARD WINNER! Recipient of the Academics' Choice(TM) 2018 Smart Book Award
Full Product Details
Author: Donna Wittmer, PhD ,
Deanna W Clauson
Publisher: Gryphon House
Imprint: Gryphon House
Dimensions:
Width: 21.30cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 27.70cm
Weight: 0.599kg
ISBN: 9780876597408
ISBN 10: 0876597401
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 01 May 2018
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Generous. Empathic. Helpful. Caring. Kind. Friendly. Those aren't usually the first words that come to mind when talking about infants and toddlers. From Biting to Hugging will change the way you see young children and early social development. For much of our history, we have linked social and emotional learning and development. Then, we mostly looked at the emotional domain. Donna and Deanna bring each aspect of social learning and development to life with a story. Dozens of toddlers show us how they help friends who are crying, prefer prosocial to mean behavior in others, and celebrate deeply felt friendships. They show us how they are learning when there are conflicts and hurt feelings. The teachers on these pages display warmth and wisdom as they support the children's learning. From Biting to Hugging provides a readable but thorough review of current research from around the world. Chapters describe how infants, young toddlers, and older toddlers learn to be social partners, the capacities they bring to caring, the struggles and learning of peer conflicts, and being particularly challenged by peer relationships. Following each of these descriptive chapters is a chapter with strategies for the teacher to support learning. This is the only resource I know that focuses on this fundamental, foundational domain. Everyone working with infants and toddlers should read it. --Sandy Peterson
Author Information
Donna Wittmer, PhD, is associate professor emerita of early childhood and early childhood special education in the School of Education at the University of Colorado, Denver. She earned her doctorate in child, family, and community studies at Syracuse University. A prolific author, she has written dozens of articles and books on early childhood development. She is a sought-after speaker and presenter worldwide. Deanna W. Clauson is a freelance writer. She earned her bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She writes articles for Colorado publications, grant applications, and case studies for the University of Denver.
