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Ronny
When Ivan's parents find good jobs and the family moves from their small, crowded apartment to a new, spacious one, they realize that they've left something precious behind...
Written by Nenad Vujadinovic (Macedonia)
Illustrated by Emil Für (Hungary)
Picture Book Preschool 8.25 x 6.5 in. – 32 pages - paperback
Copyright 2007
Price: € 8,75
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978-1-60195-006-2
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978-1-60195-007-9
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978-1-60195-008-6
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978-1-60195-009-3
French
978-1-60195-033-8
Hungarian
978-1-931854-56-6
Polish/English
978-1-60195-105-2
Romanian
978-1-60195-010-9
Russian
978-1-60195-011-6
Serbian
978-1-60195-012-3
Slovak
978-1-60195-055-0
Spanish
978-1-60195-077-2
Ukrainian
978-1-60195-016-1
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2007
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ISSA - International Step by Step Association
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Moush wants to get Lost
Moush is having a bad day. So while hiding in the closet he decides to run away from home. During his preparation he remembers all the good things in his world and how important a place he has in it.
Written by Rouzanna Baghdasaryan (Armenia) Illustrated by Yulia Lushnikova (Russia)
Price: € 10,00
Picture Book Preschool 8.25 x 10.5 in. – 32 pages - paperback
Copyright 2007
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978-1-60195-058-1
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978-1-60195-091-8
Coming Soon
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Armenian
978-1-60195-059-8
Czech
978-1-60195-060-4
English
978-1-60195-015-4
French
978-1-60195-061-1
Hungarian
978-1-60195-084-0
Polish/English
978-1-60195-103-8
Romanian
978-1-60195-062-8
Russian
978-1-60195-063-5
Serbian
978-1-60195-064-2
Slovak
978-1-60195-056-7
Spanish
978-1-60195-075-8
Ukrainian
978-1-60195-065-9
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2007
Organization(s):
ISSA - International Step by Step Association
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A Mango for Grandpa
Grandpa has 27 grandchildren, all who loved him, and shared the mangos he brought home every day. But grandpa was getting sick, losing his memory and the ability to even cut the mangos. Grandpa died, he will never be forgotten.
Written by Caroline Hudicourt
Picture Book Preschool 8.25 x 8.25 in. – 32 pages - paperback
Price: €10,00
Copyright 2007
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978-1-931854-69-6
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978-1-60195-085-7
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Armenian
978-1-931854-70-2
Creole
978-1-60195-320-9
Coming Soon
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Czech
978-1-931854-71-9
English
978-1-931854-51-1
French
978-1-931854-08-5
Hungarian
978-1-60195-083-3
Polish/English
978-1-60195-093-2
Romanian
978-1-931854-72-6
Russian
978-1-931854-73-3
Serbian
978-1-931854-74-0
Slovak
978-1-60195-054-3
Spanish
978-1-60195-069-7
Ukrainian
978-1-931854-75-7
Coming Soon
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2007
Organization(s):
ISSA - International Step by Step Association
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The Littlest One
Yurchyk, the littlest member of the family, tries to be bigger by climbing on various things. He learns that he becomes bigger by doing something "big", not by being taller.Written by Halya Kruk (Ukraine)
Illustrated by Manana Morchiladze (Georgia)
Price: € 10,00
Picture Book Preschool 8.25 x 8.25 in. – 32 pages - paperbackCopyright 2007
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978-1-931854-29-0
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978-1-60195-090-1
Coming Soon
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Armenian
978-1-931854-30-6
Czech
978-1-931854-31-3
English
978-1-931854-54-2
French
978-1-60195-036-9
Hungarian
978-1-931854-06-1
Polish/English
978-1-60195-102-1
Romanian
978-1-931854-32-0
Russian
978-1-931854-33-7
Serbian
978-1-931854-34-4
Slovak
978-1-60195-047-5
Spanish
978-1-60195-074-1
Ukrainian
978-1-931854-35-1
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2007
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ISSA - International Step by Step Association
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To Have a Dog
Matthew lives in an orphanage. He wanted a dog. He received other gifts and things through the years - stuffed animals, toys, snails, even lice - but never a dog. One day Matthew was finally getting new parents, and what did the parents have for him - a dog.
Written by Ivona Brezinova (Czech Republic)
Illustrated by Zaur Deisadze (Georgia)
Price: € 8,75
Picture Book Preschool 8.25 x 6.5 in. – 32 pages - paperback
Copyright 2007
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978-1-60195-017-8
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978-1-60195-018-5
Czech
978-1-60195-019-2
English
978-1-60195-013-0
French
978-1-60195-020-8
Hungarian
978-1-931854-18-4
Polish/English
978-1-60195-106-9
Romanian
978-1-60195-021-5
Russian
978-1-60195-022-2
Serbian
978-1-60195-023-9
Slovak
978-1-60195-079-6
Spanish
978-1-60195-024-6
Ukrainian
978-1-60195-025-3
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2007
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ISSA - International Step by Step Association
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Let's go to Work
A young narrator wonders what his parents do at work all day, and why they come home too tired to play or read stories. When they tell him, he decides that he will work, too, reminding his parents of the importance of fun.
Written by Aude Brunel (Czech Republic) Illustrated by Marjan Mancek (Slovenia)
Price: € 11,45
Picture Book Preschool 8.25 x 10.5 in. – 32 pages - paperback
Copyright 2007
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978-1-931854-98-6
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978-1-60195-089-5
Coming Soon
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Armenian
978-1-931854-99-3
Czech
978-1-60195-000-0
English
978-1-931854-97-9
French
978-1-60195-037-6
Hungarian
978-1-931854-96-2
Polish/English
978-1-60195-101-4
Romanian
978-1-60195-001-7
Russian
978-1-60195-002-4
Serbian
978-1-60195-003-1
Slovak
978-1-60195-051-2
Spanish
978-1-60195-073-4
Ukrainian
978-1-60195-004-8
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2007
Organization(s):
ISSA - International Step by Step Association
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The Doll's Nose
Mary's friends have beautiful dolls, but Mary has no money to buy one. With her mother's help, Mary creates a beautiful doll out of objects she finds in her house. But what will she use for the doll's nose? Mary comes up with an ingenious solution--and when she shows the doll to her friends, they want one just like it!
Written by Miranda Haxhia (Albania)Illustrated by Ursula Köhrer (Hungary)
Price: € 11,45
Picture Book Preschool 8.25 x 10.5 in. – 32 pages - paperback
Copyright 2007
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978-1-931854-21-4
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978-1-60195-087-1
Armenian
978-1-931854-22-1
Czech
978-1-931854-23-8
English
978-1-931854-49-8
French
978-1-931854-24-5
Hungarian
978-1-931854-05-4
Polish/English
978-1-60195-097-0
Romanian
978-1-931854-25-2
Russian
978-1-931854-26-9
Serbian
978-1-931854-27-6
Slovak
978-1-60195-057-4
Spanish
978-1-60195-071-0
Ukrainian
978-1-931854-28-3
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2007
Organization(s):
ISSA - International Step by Step Association
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Dorothy and the Glasses
Everyone in Dorothy's family wears glasses except her. Does that mean she doesn't belong? She decides to solve this problem, with mixed results, and realizes that being different doesn't make her any less a part of her family.
Written by Ivona Brezinova (Czech Republic) Illustrated by Mentor Llapashtica (Kosovo)
Price: € 8,75
Picture Book Preschool 8.25 x 6.5
Copyright 2007
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978-1-931854-61-0
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978-1-60195-088-8
Coming Soon
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Armenian
978-1-931854-62-7
Czech
978-1-931854-63-4
English
978-1-931854-52-8
French
978-1-60195-068-0
Hungarian
978-1-931854-07-8
Polish/English
978-1-60195-099-4
Romanian
978-1-931854-64-1
Russian
978-1-931854-65-8
Serbian
978-1-931854-66-5
Slovak
978-1-60195-052-9
Spanish
978-1-931854-68-9
Ukrainian
978-1-931854-67-2
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2007
Organization(s):
ISSA - International Step by Step Association
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The Doll that Flew Away
A young girl plays with and falls in love with her best friend Zulaa's doll. Wanting the doll all the time, she takes the doll home. Once she learns how badly Zulaa misses her doll, she returns the doll learning the importance of friendship.
Written by Kh. Batkhuu (Mongolia)Illustrated by Enkhtungalag Myagmardorj (Mongolia)
Price: € 8,75
Picture Book Preschool 8.25 x 6.5 in. – 32 pages - paperback
Copyright 2007
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978-1-60195-040-6
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978-1-60195-092-5
Coming Soon
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Armenian
978-1-60195-041-3
Czech
978-1-60195-042-0
Coming Soon
Coming Soon
Coming Soon
English
978-1-931854-76-4
French
978-1-60195-043-7
Hungarian
978-1-60195-082-6
Polish/English
978-1-60195-098-7
Romanian
978-1-60195-044-4
Russian
978-1-60195-081-9
Serbian
978-1-60195-045-1
Slovak
978-1-60195-080-2
Spanish
978-1-60195-072-7
Ukrainian
978-1-60195-066-6
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2007
Organization(s):
ISSA - International Step by Step Association
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2007
Organization(s):
ISSA - International Step by Step Association
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Bursunsul and Paskualina
The story of two very different dogs that were friends-they played together, ate together and even slept together - until one day they had a disagreement and stopped being friends. Friendship wins out and they become friends again.
Written by Olesya Tavadze (Georgia) Illustrated by Evgueni Ivanov (Czech Republic)
Price: € 11,45
Picture Book Preschool 8.25 x 10.25 in. – 32 pages - paperback
Copyright 2007
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978-1-931854-87-0
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978-1-931854-88-7
English
978-1-931854-89-4
French
978-1-931854-90-0
Hungarian
978-1-931854-17-7
Polish/English
978-1-60195-095-6
Romanian
978-1-931854-91-7
Russian
978-1-931854-92-4
Serbian
978-1-931854-93-1
Slovak
978-1-60195-048-2
Spanish
978-1-931854-94-8
Ukrainian
978-1-931854-95-5
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2007
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ISSA - International Step by Step Association
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2007
Organization(s):
ISSA - International Step by Step Association
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Effective Teaching and Learning for Minority-language Children in Pre-school
ISSA's Effective teaching and learning for minority-language children in preschool is a set of materials developed under the Socrates Programme-Comenius 2.1 project in partnership with ISSA’s members from Slovakia, Open School Foundation, and from Estonia, Hea Algus with input from international partners from Italy (Cooperation per lo sviluppo dei Paesi Emergenti/COSPE) and the Netherlands (Sardes Education Services). The set consists of: Teachers' Guide "Speaking for Diversity: Promoting Multilingualism in Early Childhood Education";
Training Modules for adult educators; and Compendium of learning materials focusing on the benefits of multicultural/intercultural and child-centered approaches for second language learners, the long term social and cognitive benefits of supporting children's home language while learning new languages; the effective classroom teaching and learning strategies for second language learners; assessing and planning instruction for second language learners; the importance of building bridges with families and communities of minority language speaking children etc. In 2009, the project was featured by DG Education and Culture as one of the most creative and innovative best practice from EU programs.
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2006
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ISSA - International Step by Step Association
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Supporting Families for Nurturing Care
Supporting Families for Nurturing Care: Resource Modules for Home Visitors
Supporting Families for Nurturing Care
Trainer Guide for Home Visitors
Module 1: The Early Childhood Years - a Time of Endless Opportunities
Module 2: The New Role of the Home Visitor
Module 3: Nutrition for Infants and Young Children
Module 4: Falling in Love - Promoting Parent-Child Attachment
Module 6: The Art of Parenting - Love, Talk, Play, Read
Module 7: Parental Wellbeing
Module 8: Common Parenting Concerns
Module 9: Home Environment and Safety
Module 10: Caring and Empowering - Enhancing Communication Skills for Home Visitors
Module 11: Working Against Stigma and Discrimination - Promoting Equity, Inclusion and Respect for Diversity
Module 13: Developmental Monitoring and Screening
Module 14: Keeping Young Children Free from Violence, Abuse and Neglect
Module 15: Working with Other Services
Module 16: Responsive Feeding
Module 17: Supervision - Supporting Professionals and Enhancing Service Quality
Module 18: Gender Socialisation and Gender Dynamics in Families - the Role of the Home Visitor
Module 19: First Steps to Preschool
Module 20: Healthy Weight, Physical Activity and Sedentary Time
Module 21: The Care of Small and/or Sick Newborns
Module 22: Protecting Young Children from Vaccine Preventable Diseases
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Stepping into the Future: A History of the Step by Step Program
An article offering an overview of the Step by Step Program's 30-year history.
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Step by Step Program | Reports and Evaluations
Step by Step Program Reports and Evaluations
Access evaluations and reports, which offers in-depth analyses and insights into the effectiveness and impact of various educational programs. Our evaluations and reports include:
- Evaluation of the Step by Step Program (Education Development Center, 1998) - Executive Summary: A thorough assessment of the Step by Step program's implementation and outcomes.
- Master of Science in Early Childhood Development: Selected Summaries of Student Research (Institute of Education Development, BRAC-IED, Dhaka, 2010): Summaries of notable research conducted by graduate students in the field of early childhood development.
- Building Open Societies Through Quality Early Childhood Care and Education: Case Studies of the Step by Step Program: Case studies demonstrating how quality early childhood education can contribute to the development of open, inclusive societies.
- Starting Strong Evaluation: Impact Evaluation Research Brief (June 2019): A research brief highlighting the impacts and outcomes of the Starting Strong evaluation.
- Starting Strong Evaluation Policy Brief (June 2019): A policy brief offering key recommendations based on the findings of the Starting Strong evaluation.
- Consolidated Final Report: Evaluation of the Program for Children and Parents – Dam Len Phaka’ (April 2019): The final report evaluating the program designed to support children and parents.
- Creating Financing and Governance Preconditions for Inclusive Early Childhood Development and Education Systems: Latvia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, and Lithuania (2015): An analysis of the financial and governance conditions necessary for inclusive early childhood development and education systems in various countries.
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Step by Step program | ISSA Journals
ISSA Journals
Between 2000 and 2005 the International Step by Step Association produced nine Issues of the Journal Educating Children for Democracy. The journals feature lively articles about Step by Step and child-centered early education written by regional and international early childhood pedagogues and experts.
Number 1: Summer/Fall 2000
Number 2: Winter/Spring 2002 Family and School Partnerships
Number 3: Summer/Fall 2002 Family and Community Involvement
Number 4: Winter/Spring 2003 Learning Through Play
Number 5: Summer/Fall 2003 Child-Centered Education: Roots, Renewal and Growth
Number 6: Winter/Spring 2004 Early Childhood: A Global Concern
Number 7: Summer/Fall 2004 Quality in Early Childhood Education
Number 8: November 2004 A Decade of Steps in Educational Reform
Number 9: Summer/Fall 2005 Transforming Early Childhood Education
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From Special School to Resource Centre: Supporting Vulnerable Young Children in Central and Eastern Europe: A Guide for Positive Change
This guide supports a wide range of professionals working alongside parents and caregivers in both special and mainstream systems to manage and implement the ongoing transitions that affect how special and mainstream institutions provide services and coordinate actions. This includes those who may be special educational needs teachers, special pedagogues, psychologists, teaching assistants, or sign language interpreters. It also includes mainstream teachers and other school staff working to support improvements in provision, which promote quality inclusive education for all children at preschool and school level. The guide introduces the principles of inclusion along with ideas and strategies that can be used to manage change.
This guide serves two purposes. First, it provides information and strategies that can help solve problems and manage change. Second, it facilitates self-directed professional development that helps empower staff to fulfill the leadership role expected of resource centers.