English for child care
Subtitle: language skills for parents and providers
By: Marsha Chan
Edition: First
Publisher: Sunburst Media
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Sunnyvale, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9781932318364
Subjects: English language — Textbooks for foreign speakers; English as a Second Language; American English; Child Care/Parenting; Child care & upbringing
Description: English for Child Care: Language Skills for Parents and Providers is a comprehensive text designed to meet the language requirements of adults who care for children. The book consists of three sections: Getting Started, Health and Safety, and Ages and Stages. Support materials include an instructor’s manual with teachers’ notes, an answer key, and quizzes; and a CD containing songs, nursery rhymes, and audio files to accompany a selection of the learning activities. 

The book provides practice for high-beginning to low-intermediate language learners in the integrated skills of reading, writing, listening, speaking, pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar. Therefore, the program can be used as the core resource in a language development class for child caregivers and parents.

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Table of contents: label: 1
pagenum: 2
title: Welcome; label: 2
pagenum: 14
title: Communicating about Child Care; label: 3
pagenum: 36
title: Preventing Accidents; label: 4
pagenum: 60
title: Reporting Incidents; label: 5
pagenum: 84
title: Treating Illnesses and Injuries; label: 6
pagenum: 108
title: Infants; label: 7
pagenum: 130
title: Toddlers; label: 8
pagenum: 154
title: Preschoolers; label: 9
pagenum: 176
title: School-Age Children; label: end matter
pagenum: 200
title: Information Gap Activities; label: end matter
pagenum: 206
title: Appendix