TERRY MILLS MEMORIAL TEACHERS’ LIBRARY


	Following are titles that are available for check out. A teacher may call (503-640-4787), e-mail (pberrien@aol.com) or drop a note to Penny Berrien, (695 NE Goldie Drive, Hillsboro, Or 97124) through the PCPO office to make a request. Books may be picked up at teachers’ meetings, by the school’s Rep at a PCPO General Meeting, by a president at the Presidents’ Council, or mailed directly to teacher living outside the Portland Metro area. The book should be returned in one month at any PCPO meeting or by mail. The teacher is responsible for return postage. (Alphabetical by title within subject area)

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Child Behavior and Guidance
Title	Author	Year Pub.
Beyond Behavior Management	Jenna Bilmes	2004
Challenging Behavior in Young Children	Kaiser & Rasminsky
Constructive Guidance and Discipline	Fields & Rasminsky
The Difficult Child	Turecki
Emotional Problems of Normal Children	Turecki
Guidance of Young Children	Marion
A Guide to Discipline, Rev.	Stone
Helicopters, Drill Sergeants & Consultants	Fay
Living With An Active, Alert Child	Budd
Magic Capes, Amazing Powers (Transforming Superhero Play in the Classroom)	Eric Hoffman	2004
Meeting the Challenge	Kaiser & Rasminski
Please Don’t Sit on the Kids	Cherry
A Practical Guide to Solving Preschool Behavior Problems	Essa
Practical Solutions to Practically Every Problem	Saifer
Protecting the Gift	DeBecker
Raising Your Spirited Child	Kurcinka
Sensory Integration A guide for Preschool Teachers (see Children with Special Needs)	Isbell and Isbell	2007
So This Is Normal Too?	Hewitt
Successful Strategies for Working with Difficult Children	Divinyi
Taming the Dragon In Your Child	Eastman
There’s Gotta Be A Better Way	Bailey
Think of Something Quiet	Cherry
You Can’t Come to My Birthday Party	Betsy Evans	2002
Young Exceptional Children: Practical Ideas for Addressing Challenging Behaviors	Council for Exceptional Children
Guiding Children’s Social Development	Stein, Soderman
Teaching Young Children in Violent Times	Levin
Early Violence Prevention	NAEYC
The War Play Dilemma	C-Paige and Levin
Simple Signing for Young Children (see Language and Literature)	Carol Garboden Murray	2007

Child Development
Title	Author	Year Pub.
Annie Stories	Brett
Ages & Stages	Miller
Beyond Behavior Management (see Child Behavior and Guidance)	Jenna Bilmes	2004
Beyond Self-Esteem	Curry & Johnson
Growing A Girl	Mackoff
How Your Child Is Smart	Markova
The Optimistic Child	Seligman
Positive Self-Talk for Children	Bloch
Raising Cain	Kindlon & Thompson
Real Boys	Pollack
Smart Moves	Hannaford
Your Child’s Growing Mind	Healy
Endangered Minds	Healy
A Piaget Primer: How A Child Thinks
The Child’s Construction of Knowledge: Piaget for Teaching Children	Forman, Kuschner

Assessment and Screening
Title	Author	Date Pub.
Assessing and Guiding Young Children’s Development and Learning	McAfee and Leong
Developmental Screening in Early Childhood –5^th edition	Meisels & Atkins-Burnett
Spotlight on Young Children and Assessment	Koralek
Basics of Assessment	McAfee, Leong. Bodrova
Achievement Testing in Early Grades	Kamii, NAEYC
Developmental Screening in Early Childhood - edition	Meisels
Reaching Potentials: Appropriate Curriculum and Assessment, Vol. 1	Bredekamp, Rosegrant
Reaching Potentials: Appropriate Curriculum and Assessment, Vol. 2	Bredekamp, Rosegrant
The Portfolio and Its Use – A Roadmap for Assessment	MacDonald
Make Early Learning Standards Come Alive	Gronlund	2006

Children With Special Needs
Title	Author	Year Pub.
All About Attention Deficit Disorder	Phelan
What You Can Do About Child Abuse	Oregon Dept. of Human Services
Autism – General Information	Portfolio
Boys With Fragile X Syndrome	O Connor
Caring for Children With Special Needs	ADA Series
Caring for Kids in the Community	ARC
Do You Hear What I Hear?	Fialka & Mikus
Including All of Us	Project Inclusive
Including Children with Special Needs in ECE	NAEYC
Keys to Parenting the Child With Autism	Brill
Open Hearts, Open Doors Providing Inclusive Child Care	Oregon Inclusive Child Care Program	2007
A Place for Me	NAEYC
Reducing Stress in Young Children	McCracken NAEYC
Sensory Integration A Guide for Preschool Teachers	Isbell and Isbell	2007
Sexual Abuse of Young Children	Center for the Future of Children
Simple Signing with Young Children (see Language and Literacy)	Garboden Murray	2007
A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Sensory Integration	Sensory Integration International
Teaching Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder	Willis	2006

Curriculum: Diversity and Anti-Bias
Title	Author	Year Pub.
Anti-Bias Curriculum	Derman-Sparks
Beyond Dolls and Guns	Crawford
Celebrate	Bisson
Hands Around the World	Milord
Kids Like Us: Using Persona Dolls in the Classroom	Trisha Whitney	1999
Roots and Wings	Derman-Sparks
Simple Signing with Young Children (see Language and Literature)	Carol Garboden Murray	2007
Words Can Hurt You	Thomson
The Peaceful Classroom	Charles A. Smith

Health and Safety
Title	Author	Year Pub.
Beyond Behavior Management (see Behavior and Guidance)	Jenna Bilmes	2004
Growing, Growing Strong A Whole Health Curriculum for Young Children	Smith, Hendricks, Bennett	1997
Vitamin T: A Guide to Human Touch	Czimbal & Zadikov
Stress Survival Kit	Czimbal & Zadikov
Tear Soup	Schwiebert & DeKlven
Wiping Out Head Lice	Bakalar
Healthy Sexuality Development	Chrisman & Couchenour
The Peaceful Classroom – (see Diversity and Anti-Bias section)	Smith
Reducing Stress in Young Children (see Children with Special Needs section)	McCracken NAEYC
Relationhsips, the Heart of Quality Care: Creating Community Among Adults in Early Childhood Settings (see	Baker & Manfredi/Petitt	2004
Building Classroom Community	Stone	2001
Fostering Children’s Social Competence	Katz, NAEYC
Think of Something Quiet	Cherry

General Curriculum
Title	Author	Year Pub.
Bugs, Bugs, Bugs	Better Homes & Gardens
Constructivism across the Curriculum in Early Childhood Classrooms (see Teaching Theory)	Christine Chaille	2008
Games	Imogene Forte
?? Games_ Some Old, Some New, All Fun to Do	Forte
Project Spectrum: Early Learning Activities	Chen
Let the Kids Do It!	Catalani & McAuliffe
Developing Creative Preschool Learners	Bev Bos
Group Games	Kamii & DeVries
I Can Do It! I Can Do It!	Gilbert
Picture Science: Using Digital Photography to Teach Young Children (see Science)	Carla Neumann-Hinds	2007
Playtime Learning Games	Honig
Play Together, Grow Together	Segal & Adcock
Together We’re Better	Bev Bos
Transition Magician	Larson, Henthorne, & Plum
Tumbling Over the Edge: A Rant for Children’s Play	Bev Bos & Jenny Chapman
What’s Up? Activities Responding to Children’s Lives	Powell
Thinking Is Child’s Play	Sharp
Put Your Mother on the Ceiling	DeMille
Play With Big Boxes	Wilmes
Play With Small Boxes	Wilmes

Television and Computers
Title	Author	Year Pub.
Failure to Connect	Healy
Remote Control Childhood?	Levin
Who’s Calling the Shots?	Paige & Levin
Offspring: Violence in Play/ Media Violence	Michigan Council of Coop Nursery Schools
Young Children and Technology – A World of Discovery	Haugland, Wright
The New High Tech Threat to Children	Tuchscherer

Videos, DVDs
Title	Author	Year Pub.
Children at the Center	Carter
Come On and Sing	Bos, Hunter, and Leeman
Creative Curriculum	Dodge & Phinney
Setting Sail	Carter & Curtis
Starting at Square One	Bev Bos
Thinking Big	Carter
The Magic of Signing Songs	Larson, Edge

Teaching Theory
Title	Author	Date Pub.
Cognitively Oriented Curriculum	Weikert
Connecting Content ??(see Assessment)	Dodge, Teaching Strategies
Constructivism across the Curriculum in Early Childhood Classrooms	Christine Chaille	2008
Curriculum Planning for Young Children	NAEYC, Brown, ed.
Emergent Curriculum	Jones & Nimmo
Family Friendly Communication	NAEYC
Power of Projects	Helm & Beneke
Reflecting Children’s Lives	Curtis and Carter
Think of Something Quiet	Cherry
Ethics and the Early Childhood Educator	NAEYC Feeney & Freeman
Constuctivist Early Education: Overview & Comparison with Other Programs	Devries, Kohlberg (on Piaget)
Spotlight on Young Children and Play	NAEYC, Koralek, ed.
Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs – rev. ed.	Bredekamp & Copple
Developing Constructivist Early Childhood Curriculum	Devries, Zan, Hildebrandt, Edmiaston, Sales
Images of the Young Child	Elkind
Listen to the Children	Zavitkovsky
Miseducation, Preschoolers at Risk	Elkind
Observing and Participation in ECE	Billman & Sherman
Play as a Learning Medium	Sponseller
Thinking is Child’s Play	Sharp
The What, Why, and How of High Quality ECE	Koralek, Colken, Dodge
Play in the Lives of Children	Rogers, Sawyers
Growing Through Play	Strom
The Sense of Wonder	Rachel Carson
Scaffolding Children’s Learning: Vygotsky	Berk & Winsler
Helping Young Children Develop Through Play	Sawyers & Rogers	1988
Relationhsips, the Heart of Quality Care: Creating Community Among Adults in Early Childhood Settings (see Health & Safety)	Baker & Manfredi/Petitt	2004
Basics of Developmentally Appropriate Practice	Copple & Bredekamp	2006
Helping Young Children Develop Through Play	Sawyers & Rogers	1988

Teaching Theory
Title	Author	Date Pub.
Hot Tips for Teachers	Harrison, Spaler
The Having of Wonderful Ideas and Other Essays	Duckworth
Fostering Children’s Social Competence	Katz, NAEYC
Preschool for Parents	Dodge and Bickart
The Sun’s Not Broken, A Cloud’s Just in the Way	Clemens
Teaching in the Key of Life	Chenfeld, NAEYC
Tools of the Mind (re: Vygotsky)	Bodrova and Leong
Master Players – Learning from Children at Play	Reynolds, Jones
Building Classroom Community (see Health and Safety)	Stone	2001
Eager to Learn	National Research Council
Raising Lifelong Learners	Calkins

Kindergarten
Title	Author	Date Pub.
Kindergarten Policies	Peck, et al.
Off to School: Parents’ Eyeview	Hannigan, NAEYC

Books by Vivian Paley
Title	Author	Date. Pub.
Bad Guys Don’t Have Birthdays	Paley
The Boy Who Would Be a Helicopter	Paley
Boys and Girls, Superheroes in the Doll Corner	Paley
The Kindness of Children	Paley
Molly Is Three	Paley
Story Dictation (see Language and Literacy)	Ann Gadzikowski	2007
Wally’s Stories	Paley
White Teacher	Paley

The Reggio Approach
Title	Author	Date Pub.
Constructivism across the Curriculum in Early Childhood Classrooms (see Teaching Theory)	Christine Chaille	2008
Designs for Living and Learning (see Learning Environments)	Deb Curtis and Margie Carter	2003
In the Spirit of the Studio	Gandini, Hill, Cadwell, Schwall
The Language of Art: Inquiry-Based Studio Practices in Early Childhood Settings (see Curriculum: Arts and Crafts)	Ann Pelo	2007
Spreading the News (Documentation and bulletin boards – see Learning Environments)	Carter and Curtis
Bringing Reggio Home	Cadwell
Beautiful Stuff (see Curr. Arts & Crafts)	Topal & Gandini
Picture Science: Using Digital Photography to Teach Young Children (see Science)	Carla Neumann-Hinds	2007
Working in the Reggio Way	Julianne P. Wurm

Learning Environments
Title	Author	Date Pub.
Constructivism across the Curriculum in Early Childhood Classrooms (see Teaching Theory)	Christine Chaille	2008
Designs for Living and Learning	Deb Curtis and Margie Carter	2003
Spreading the News (Documentation and bulletin boards)	Carter and Curtis
Caring Spaces, Learning Places	Greenbaum
Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale	Harms
Picture Science: Using Digital Photography to Teach Young Children (see Science)	Carla Neumann-Hinds	2007
The Right Stuff: Selecting Play Materials	NAEYC
Think of Something Quiet (see Child Behavior and Guidance)	Cherry

Curriculum: Arts and Crafts
Title	Author	Date Pub.
Art, Learning Through Play Series	Scholastic
Art, Basic for Young Children	Lasky & Mukerji NAEYC
Beautiful Stuff	Topal & Gandini
Collage and Paper	Kohl
The Colors of Learning	Althouse, Johnson & Mitchell
Considering Children’s Art	Engel, NAEYC
Craft and Construction	Kohl
Creative Art	Cherry
Don’t Move the Muffin Tins	Bev Bos
Doodles and Oodles of Art	Siegler & Torgerson
Drawings of People by Under 5’s	Cox
Dribble Drabble	Brashears
Experience and Art	Smith et al
Five Minute Art Lessons	Harrison et al
The Language of Art: Inquiry-Based Studio Practices in Early Childhood Settings	Ann Pelo	2007
Mudworks	Kohl
Scribble Art	Kohl
Scribble Cookies	Kohl
Squish, Sort, Paint, Build	MacDonald
Woodworking for Children	Moffitt
Woodworking for Young Children	Skeen, Garver, Cartwright
The Big Messy, But Easy to Clean up Art Book	Kohn
Early Childhood Creative Arts	NDA/AAHPERD
Learning Through Play: Art	Scholastic
Children As Illustrators	Thompson
Spotlight on Young Children and the Creative Arts	Koralek, NAEYC
In the Spirit of the Studio (see Teaching Theory: Reggio)	Gandini, Hill, Cadwell Schwell

Curriculum: Music, Movement, and Active Play
Title	Author	Date Pub.
Active for Life	Sanders
Be a Frog, a Bird, a Tree	Carr
Everybody Wins	Sobel
Follow Me, Too	Torbert & Schneider
Tire, Parachute Activities	Motor Dev. Series
The Outrageous Outdoor Games Book	Gregson
Balance Activities	Perceptual Motor Series
The Charlie Horse Music Pizza
Feeling Strong, Feeling Free- Movement Exploration for Young Children	Sullivan
Kids Make Music	Hart and Mantell
Movement is Fun	Young
Music In Our Lives	McDonald, NAEYC
Piggyback Songs	Warren
Hello Toes, Movement Games for Children	Barlin, Kalev
Perceptual Motor Activities	Portfolio
Creative Movement for the Developing Child	Cherry
The Joy of Movement in Early Childhood	Curtis
Playdancing	Fraser
Improving Motor Perceptual Skills
Music Play	Burton, Hughes
Follow Me, Too	Torbert, Schneider
Experiences in Movement	Pica
Making Music in Mommy’s Kitchen	Richards
Creative Dance and Movement	Weimer
Simple Signing with Young Children (see Language and Literacy)	Garboden Murray	2007

Music CD’s
“bits & pieces” (songs for teachers)	Tom Hunter
“In the Air” (traditional songs)	Tom Hunter, Helen Scholtz, Richard Scholtz
“Still Growing” (27 years of original songs)	Tom Hunter
“We’ve Been Waiting For You”	Tom Hunter, Bev Bos, Michael Leeman

Curriculum: Dramatic Play
Title	Author	Date Pub.
Be What You Want to Be	Fiarotta
Dramatic Play: Learning Through Play	Scholastic
Making Make Believe	Kohl

Curriculum: Language and Literacy
Title	Author	Date Pub.
Bookplay (storytelling)	MacDonald
Before the Basics	Bev Bos
Emerging Literacy	Strickland
Fun with Puppets	Current
Language in ECE	Cazden, NAEYC
Language, Learning Through Play Series	Scholastic
Learning to Read and Write	IRA, and NAEYC
Learning to Read and Write	Neuman, Copple and Bredekamp
Literacy Through Play	Owocki
More Story Stretchers	Raines and Canady
Much More than the ABC’s	Schickendanz, NAEYC
Raising Lifelong Learners	Calkins
Reading Begins At Home	Butler and Clay
Reading, Writing, and Talking with 4, 5, and 6 Year Olds	Jones
Signs for Me	Bahan and Dannis
Sign Language Series: “Can I Help?”
Simple Signing With Young Children	Garboden Murray	2007
Starting Out Right	Nat’l Research Council
Story Dictation	Ann Gadzikowski	2007
When Stories Come to School	Cooper
More Than the ABC’s	Schickedanz ???
Spotlight On Young Children and Language	Koralek, NAEYC
Books to Grow With	Cheryl Coon
Story Stretchers	Raines & Canady
1, 2, 3 Rhymes, Stories, and Songs	Warren
Chants, Fingerplays, & Stories	Bos and Leeman
Make Way for Literacy	Gretchen Owocki
More Story Stretchers	Raines & Canady

Curriculum: Math
Title	Author	Date Pub.
Investigating Mathematics with Young Children	Althouse
Learning Through Play Series: Math	Scholastic
Math at their Own Pace	Greg Nelson	2007
Young Child and Mathematics	Copley
Piaget, Children and Number	Kamii, DeVries
Spotlight on Young Children and Math	Koralek, NAEYC

Curriculum: Blocks
Title	Author	Date Pub.
Learning Through Play Series: Blocks	Scholastic
Block Play	MacDonald
The Block Book	Hirsh
The Young Scientist Series: Building Structures with Young Children	Chalufour, Worth	2004

Curriculum: Cooking
Title	Author	Date Pub.
Cook and Learn	Veitch and Harms
Learning Through Play Series: Cooking	Scholastic
Cup Cooking	Johnson
Snacks and Celebrations	Oregon Dairy Council
The Cooking Book	Colker

Curriculum: Outdoors
Title	Author	Date Pub.
Hug A Tree	Rockwell,Sherwood, Williams
An Outdoor Classroom	Esbensen, High Scope
Let’s Play Outdoors	Baker
The Great Outdoors – Restoring Children’s Right to Play Outside	Rivkin NAEYC
Children’s Play and Playgrounds	Frost and Klein

Curriculum: Science
Title	Author	Date Pub.
Constructive Play	Forman & Hill
Constructivism across the Curriculum in Early Childhood Classrooms (see Teaching Theory)	Christine Chaille	2008
Everybody Has a Body	Rockwell, Williams, Sherwood
Investigating Science	Althouse
Mud, Sand, and Water	Hill
Water Works	James
Wonderscience	Nichols
Nature Activities for Early Childhood	Nickelsburg
Animals in the Classroom	Kramer
Science Experiences for the Early Childhood Years	Harlan, Rivkin
Science with Young Children	Holt
Physical Knowledge in Preschool Education	Kamii and DeVries
Spotlight on Young Children and Science	Koralek & Colker, NAEYC
Nature Crafts for Kids	Diehn, Krautwurst
Picture Science: Using Digital Photography to Teach Young Children	Carla Neumann-Hinds	2007
Trees Are Terrific	National Wildlife Federation
The Young Scientist Series: Discovering Nature with Young Children	Chalufour & Worth	2003
The Young Scientist Series: Building Structures with Young Children (see Curriculum: Blocks)	Chalufour & Worth	2004
The Young Scientist Series: Exploring Water with Young Children	Chalufour & Worth	2005




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