Useful books, references

Useful Books

For your education programme

Te Whāriki, Ministry of Education. Available from Learning Media Limited, PO Box 3293, Wellington.

Help Your Child to Learn to Read from Birth to 9 Years, Geraldine Taylor. Ladybird Books (available in bookshops).

Maths and Me, Avelyn Davidson. Shortland Publications, Freephone 0800 100 246, Fax (09) 526 6203.

Jump Down Turn Around, Margaret Hennephof and Cheryl McConnell. Playcentre Publications.

The Outdoor Book, Auckland Kindergarten Association. PO Box 6933, Auckland,

Magic Places, Pennie Brownlee. Playcentre Publications.

Puzzles, Margaret Bowater. Playcentre Publications.

Sounds Fun, Helen Willberg. Playcentre Publications.

Sounds Forty, Helen Willberg. Playcentre Publications.

Work and Play, Gwen Somerset. Playcentre Publications, 1995.

Playcentre Journal, Playcentre Publications. The Playcentre Journal is published quarterly and has useful articles and ideas. Available from NZPF Publications Committee, PO Box 15886, New Lynn, Auckland. Email publications@playcentre.org.nz.

Ask your local Ministry of Education advisors for more ideas about useful publications and suppliers.

For behaviour management

Children Are People Too, Louise Porter. The Flinders University of South Australia, 1997.

Discipline for Life, Madelyn Swift. Stairway Education Programs, 1995.

Good Behaviour, Fred Seymour & The Leslie Centre. Government Printing Office, Wellington, 1987.

How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish. Avon Books, 1980.

Kids Are Worth It, Barbara Coloroso. Summerville House, 1995.

Siblings Without Rivalry, Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish. Avon Books, 1987.

The Secret Of Happy Children, Steve Biddulph. Bay Books, 1988.

More Secrets Of Happy Children, Steve Biddulph. Bay Books, 1994.

Raising Boys, Steve Biddulph. Bay Books, 1997.

Toddler Taming, Dr Christopher Green. Doubleday, 1990.

Understanding Children's Behaviour, Jillian Rodd. Allen & Unwin, 1996.

References

Ministry of Education. Te Whāriki: Early Childhood Curriculum. Wellington, Learning Media Limited, 1996. Contact Wickliffe, 0800 660 662 or www.thechair.minedu.govt.nz

E Goldschmied & S Jackson. People Under Three: Young Children in Daycare. New York, Routledge, 1994.

J Greenman & A Stonehouse. Prime Times - A Handbook for Excellence in Infant and Toddler Programs. South Melbourne, Addison Wesley Longman, 1997.