About the Author:

Ann GadzikowskiAnn Gadzikowski has more than twenty-five years of experience as a teacher and director of early childhood programs. She is Director of Early Learning for Encyclopedia Britannica and oversees the summer Leapfrog Program. Her book Robotics for Young Children won the Midwest Book Award in the Education category, Creating a Beautiful Mess: Ten Essential Play Experiences for a Joyous Childhood won gold in the 2015 National Parenting Publications Awards.

Ann Gadzikowski, MEd 's Books

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  • Young Architects at Play: STEM Activities for Young Children

    Author: Ann Gadzikowski

    Product Code:
    547008 (Paperback)
    547015 (e-book)
    ISBN:
    978-1-60554-700-8 (Paperback)
    978-1-60554-701-5 (e-book)
    Age Focus: 3-6
    Full Color

    Description & More Details

    Througout the book, Ann Gadzikowski makes meaningful connections between STEM learning and the power of stories, both the children's own narratives as well as the rich diversity of stories and illustrations from children's literature.

    $34.95  
    $34.95  
  • Robotics for Young Children: STEM Activities and Simple Coding

    Author: Ann Gadzikowski

    Product Code:
    545448 (Softbound)
    545455 (e-book)
    ISBN:
    978-1-60554-544-8 (Softbound)
    978-1-60554-545-5 (e-book)
    Age Focus: 3–8
    Full Color

    Description & More Details

    Published by Redleaf Press New Product Free sample chapter

    Give young children their start to the building, programming, and coding of robots through playful, developmentally appropriate activities. This user-friendly and accessible book gives teachers great ideas for engaging young children with 100 exciting, hands-on computer science and engineering activities.

    Age focus: 3–8.

    Softbound, 144 pgs. Full color.

    $34.95  
    $34.95  
  • Challenging Exceptionally Bright Children in Early Childhood Classrooms

    Author: Ann Gadzikowski

    Product Code:
    541167 (Softbound)
    542522 (e-book)
    ISBN:
    978-1-60554-116-7 (Softbound)
    9781605542522 (e-book)
    Age Focus: 3-6

    Description & More Details

    Published by Redleaf Press Free sample chapter

    Nearly every early childhood classroom has an exceptionally bright child-from the child who starts reading independently at age three to the child who would rather take apart his tricycle than ride on it. These strategies help you create a richer learning environment where exceptionally bright children are encouraged to learn beyond prescribed curriculum goals. Challenging Exceptionally Bright Children in Early Childhood Classrooms will help you identify exceptionally bright children, includes ideas help you change the pace, level, or method of teaching in response to the needs of individual children, and provides guidance for working with families.

    192 pages

    $34.95  
    $34.95  
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