Einstein Never Used Flash Cards
| Einstein Never Used Flash Cards |
Manufacturer: Rodale Press
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The authors (all are child psychologists) present arguments against hurrying the intellectual development of young children. |
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| Product Name | Einstein Never Used Flash Cards |
| Manufacturer | Rodale Press |
| Product Number MPN | 1579546951 |
| Retail Price | $22.95 |
| EAN-14 | 09781579546953 |
| UPC | 978157954695 |
| Specifications | |
| Title | Einstein Never Used Flash Cards |
| ISBN | 1579546951 |
| Author(s) | Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek |
| Release Date | 2003-10-03 |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Num. of Items | 1 |
| Weight | 0.5 lbs. |
| Deal first added on: | 19-February-2004 |
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 "RTI and Early Intervention (Gaden)" | 2009-05-20 |
| - Reviewed By User: A4L9LW4NDZYQ1 |
Einstein Never Used Flashcards
I found myself exploring below age five programs a few years ago while I was the director of special services in a Midwest community that consisted of mostly Hispanic immigrants. Over 80 percent of the 230 three to five year old's were living in a home where Spanish was the primary language (L1) spoken on a regular basis.
As part of the learning community we had established for our community, we selected "Einstein Never Used Flashcards" as the reading to help us understand how required assessments and instructional materials were impacting our students learning opportunities in the classroom. Play centered learning verses Response to Intervention practices were the two paradigm that were being addressed by the group. How could center based play learning and a more intensive direct instructional approach to literacy exist without one another or could they exist together?
Response to Intervention (RTI) requires a framework of assessments and interventions that target specific skills such as phonics (sounds), phonemic awareness (letter id), fluency (reading consistency), vocabulary (work knowledge), and comprehension (understanding). The RTI approach, which is firmly based on data driven decision making), is controversial or could even be considered the antithesis that play is the best way for children to learn. This book stresses the importance of play but recognizes the importance of literacy being embedded within the learning opportunities that below age five children should have to grow and learn.
Einstein Never Used Flashcards author does a nice job of presenting to parents and educators that by forcing skills on to young children at a time they are just not ready to naturally take in the skill can cause the child to be frustrated and not engage in learning activities such as play. Just by playing a tape of beginning sounds while your child naps does not ensure they will be at a more advanced level then children their same age.
This book does a nice job of explaining the brains development and how the brain must be left to develop in a way that is unique to the child it belongs to and not to the stimulus being produced by an outside factor. By trying to teach skills the brain is not ready to process, merely leaves the parent with an empty wallet and lots of learning toys to be passed on to friends and family.
How does RTI fit with Play? Our finding was that RTI could be embedded in the learning centers that students used in the HeadStart, private preschool centers, and our school based preschool programs. Students could play by painting letters, words, colors, or other items they were curious to learn. Centers could have large patterns blocks and the students could play with one another to make patterns using colors, numbers, pictures, and other topics. The centers the students interact in the classroom become more focused on the language and literacy skills the students needed to acquire for dual language reasons.
Furthermore, we discovered that small groups of children that have speech-articulation concerns could be targeted for intervention in mixed groups by using researched based materials that reinforce phonics and fluency skills through chants and other rhyming activities with children that they love to do on a consistent schedule.
Our professional learning community learned that free play is a great way for children to learn. Even more, our group discovered that centered based play that uses language and literacy materials along with structured opportunities to practice increase outcomes for second language learners.
We never did get to the part where we explored our assessments and how they were going to drive the centers based learning materials. We were sure the materials and opportunity play areas must consist of items the students needed more learning opportunities in due to the second language influence on dual language acquisition. Researched based programs such as Stepping Stones were a good example of an intervention that could be used in daily activities.
I recommend this book to all new parents and newer educators going into early intervention or early childhood education.
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 "Loved it" | 2009-02-25 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1SBB67CU0HCO |
| Goes to show you how the next generation of parents buying into & pushing their children to become "superkids" without any sound research showing that flashcards & classical music actually make their kids smarter. |
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| "The most awesome book ever!" | 2009-02-22 |
| - Reviewed By User: A49G98OZ06Q3I |
I am not one to buy a lot of books, as long as I can get them from the Library. Not one to reread books, to have the urge to own it.
But when I was reading this book. I find myself wanting to refer back to it,and read it over and over again. So informative, and instructional.
I just had to buy it.
Love it! |
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| "The smarter choice" | 2008-10-30 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1J7JZ8OGJ3RT3 |
I was very excited to read this book after hearing the author talk about it in a recent parent podcast. It did not disappoint.
Lots of factual information to sink your teeth into. I particularly like the easy to read style; the studies & authors mentioned, so you can look them up yourself. The book sets forth clearly the case for advocating early years play and how to play with your child.
Most people may think- well that's easy but trying to strike a good balance against the marketing companies it's amazing how many ideas we have that need to be challenged or at least reexamined.
This book gives you food for thought, dispels myths and most importantly gives examples of how to do it another way. The teachable moments section gives lots of ideas to try or reflect on with your own child.
The most important section for me is on play towards the end of the book. If you are not scientifically minded or enjoy evidenced based books then skip to that section to see immediate and worthwhile things you can do without having to spend lots of money just time.
It's a valuable book to read and reread again to bolster you family values and examine how your children learn through play.
I'd recommend it to parents and soon to be parents as an alternative to all the hype that's out there with regards to electronic toys and hurrying our children. This book is certainly not a cure all but it does give another side to a neglected debate about how our childrens' play now will have major ramifications in the future.
An empowering read. |
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| "Good advice for parents in a rush" | 2008-10-23 |
| - Reviewed By User: A8XRAU2ZE8GRX |
| It describes the perils of unneccesarily hurrying our children. Nothing new for those familair with child psychology but quite useful for the general audience |
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| "Good information - not my favorite writing" | 2008-03-27 |
| - Reviewed By User: A250EZNIRW6JIA |
This book is interesting, & I agree with the information presented. I like how the authors cite research studies to support their ideas/recommendations. I also found the information on how children learn math & reading very interesting.
I read the book straight through over a couple of weeks & found it quite repetitive (I realize that the book is also meant to be read in segments). There are a couple of paragraphs in different chapters that are virtually identical. I also think the authors discouraged flash cards at least 20 times, which I found annoying. |
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