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Includes the name: ed. Kathy Charner

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Gender
female
Nationality
USA
Places of residence
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Education
Binghampton University (BA|Humanities)
Occupations
editor in chief
preschool teacher
Short biography
Kathy Charner is the Editor in Chief, Books and Related Resources for the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the nation's leading professional organization for those working with and on behalf of young children from birth through age 8. Charner, who was previously the Editor in Chief of Gryphon House, manages and oversees NAEYC's book publishing program. Before joining NAEYC, Charner spent 25 years at Gryphon House, where she developed the publishing program and worked with authors to create books that positively impacted the early childhood education field. Prior to joining Gryphon House, Charner was a preschool teacher and educational researcher. Kathy Charner has a BA in Humanities from Binghamton University. She lives with her husband in Silver Spring, Maryland.

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a great collection of activities
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Mithril | Sep 8, 2012 |
The GIANT Encyclopedia of Science Activities for Children 3 to 6 has more than 600 activities to be implemented in the classroom; however, the activities are geared more towards making a craft or making a snack to eat instead of actual science experiments. Although I did come come across some new activities to try in the classroom, I would not use this book on a regular basis because it requires an enormous amount of teacher preparation and participation while the children only have a minor part.

Overall, this book does not support that the process is more important than the product and does not fit into our philosophy of cultivating lifelong learners.
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cdcbooknook | 1 other review | Mar 29, 2008 |

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Rating
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ISBNs
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