Loose Pieces 4 – Fostering Learning in the 21st Century (€15)

In the latest edition of the popular, award-winning Loose Parts series, Lisa Daly and Miriam Beloglovsky focus on family involvement and skill-building. Featuring inspiring color photographs, Loose Parts 4 is organized around the skills children need to succeed in the future: knowledge, engagement, risk-taking, connections, leadership, innovative thinking, and creativity.
Lisa and Miriam explain the value of open-ended materials (loose parts), describe how to integrate them into children’s environments and play (including in a family setting), and help educators engage families and extend learning beyond the institutional context of early childhood education.
312 full-color pages.

Miriam Beloglovsky, MA, is a professor of early childhood education at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento, California, where she has been teaching for over 25 years. She is a strong advocate for children, youth, and families, and provides consultation and support to a variety of family, child, and youth programs. She has served as a keynote speaker, presenter, and board member for various organizations and conferences, and is the co-author of the award-winning series *Loose Parts*, *Early Learning Theories Made Visible*, and *Design in Mind*.

Lisa Daly is passionate about transforming early learning to foster meaningful learning experiences, innovation, creativity, and reflection. Her professional work focuses on collaborating with educators to change their pedagogical approaches and transform learning environments to support children’s identity, inquiry, and engagement. Lisa is a professor emerita of early childhood education at Folsom Lake College, a child and family advocate, an author, a consultant, and a presenter. Lisa has more than 40 years of experience as an educator in kindergartens, as an administrator of school centers, parent associations, and university laboratories. She is the co-author of *Early Learning Theories Made Visible* and the award-winning *Loose Parts* series.

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