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Videotapes:

Learning Language and Loving It: An Introduction. Produced by the Hanen Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (1991). Available from The Hanen Program, P.O. Box 1213, Buffalo, NY 14242-1213. Tel: (416) 921-1073; Fax: (800) 3803355. 23 minutes. Video, $55; Guidebook, $35 (plus shipping and handling).
This videotape is based on the guidebook, Learning Language and Loving It: A Guide to Promoting Children's Social and Language Development in Early Childhood Settings (Weitzman, 1992), produced by the Hanen Centre, which provides intervention to young children with language delays and is dedicated to help children reach their potential as playmates, learners, and successful communicators. Both guidebook and video offer guidelines and practical suggestions to teachers for promoting interaction, language learning, and emergent literacy in young children within everyday contexts. These include: 1) Getting every child "in on the act"- observing, waiting, listening, and following the child's lead; 2) Providing information to promote learning - labeling, expanding, modeling, explaining, and describing; and 3) Letting language leading the way to literacy, fostering a lifetime love of learning through books.

Learning Language and Loving It: The Teaching Tape with User's Guide. Produced by the Hanen Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ( 1993). Available from The Hanen Program, RO. Box 1213, Buffalo, NY 14242-1213. Tel: (416) 921-1073; Fax (800) 380-3355.103 minutes. $95 (plus shipping and handling).
This four part teaching tape was designed for use as an adjunct to Learning Language and Loving It. This tape illustrates in more detail the guidelines described in the introductory tape. Examples illustrate how teachers in early childhood settings implement or, in some cases, fail to implement strategies considered to be crucial to the promotion of children's social, language, and literacy development. Most examples on the tape are designed to stimulate discussion, problem solving, and analysis by viewers.

You Make the Difference in Helping Your Child Learn: Teaching tape and parent guidebook. Produced by the Hanen Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ( 1991). Available from The Hanen Program, P.O. Box 1213, Buffalo, NY 14242-1213. Tel: (416) 921-1073; Fax (800) 380-3355. 105 minutes. Video, $55; parent guidebook, $15 (plus shipping and handling).
This video and parent guidebook extend the Hanen Centre early language approach to all children. Nine modules show how parents can connect with their young children and foster self-esteem and learning during the natural conversations of daily living. Modules include, among others, 'Allow Your Child To Lead," "Adapt To Share the Moment," "Create! Create! Don't Hesitate" and "Connecting Isn't Always Easy - But It's Always Worth the Effort." The parent guidebook is written in simple language and illustrated with cartoons and drawings. Both guidebook and video are appropriate for all parents, including those with limited literacy skills and parents for whom English is a second language-

Observing Young Children: Learning To Look, Looking To Learn, with Trainer's Guide. Produced by Teaching Strategies, Inc. (1995). Available from Redleaf Press, 450 N. Syndicate, Suite 5, St. Paul, MN 55104-4125. Tel: (800) 4238309; Fax (800) 641-0115. 28 minutes. $55 (plus shipping and handling).
This videotape, designed as a professional development tool for early care and education professionals in center and family child care homes, can also be used by anyone who observes young children as part of her daily work. The tape presents observation as an integral part of quality early childhood programs, a way of helping staff to: 1) learn about children in order to individualize programming; 2) evaluate programs, in order to adjust environment or curriculum; and 3) measure children's progress and development. The video presents scenes of children in a variety of situations, guides viewers in observing the activity, and discuss issues of accuracy and objectivity in observation.

Gentle Touch Infant Massage. Produced by Gentle Touch, Inc. (1996). Available from Gentle Touch, Inc. P.O. Box 6007, Asheville, NC 28816. Tel: (704) 254-0003 or 1-(888) 333-3936.47 minutes. $59.95 (plus shipping and handling).
Infant massage offers parents the opportunity to learn the many ways babies communicate long before they are able to talk. This video begins with health care professionals describing and discussing the power of touch and the benefits of infant massage for children's healthy growth and development, as well as the creation of a special bond between parent and child. The tape illustrates various aspects of massage, including finding the best time for massage, positioning, soothing techniques, and using massage with babies with special needs. In three separate segments, the tape shows parents (including a father) demonstrating massage routines appropriate for babies at different developmental stages. Parents show respect for their babies by asking permission to touch, reading nonverbal cues, and responding sensitively. Viewers are encouraged to check with medical and therapeutic specialists before massaging a baby.

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