Georgia School Age
Care Association
Education and Professionals Resources & Publications
Our efforts to improve the quality of Georgia’s programs involve professional development (community and academic training), technical and financial assistance, providing opportunities for professional networking, promulgation of best-practice research in the field of school age and youth care, and policy development and advocacy. As the State’s primary membership and professional organization, one of our roles is to provide the after-school and youth serving field with the tools and resources needed to grow professionally.
Provided within these pages are resources and publications that you may find helpful.
Please frequent our web-site listings as we will be adding new resources and publications often!
In addition, GSACA members are provided access to our growing resource library which includes publications, tapes, books, materials and activity kits all geared toward school agers and their caretakers.
Please click here for more information about our lending library.
Links to other resources are on our links page.
Please click on desired publication to be taken directly to the book distributor or publisher.
La Crianza Practica de los Hijos para la Biblioteca Escolar
A Spanish language lending library for parents use at your school or
program.
Available from Boys Town Press
$399
The US Department of Health and Human Services and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality have announced the release of two DVDs addressing childhood obesity. In versions for both children and health professionals, these DVDs can be ordered free of charge at www.ahrq.gov/child/dvdobesity.htm
Recognizing the problem of childhood obesity and the increased need for children to learn about the dangers of being overweight, the American Council on Exercise is offering a new, free educational tool – Operation FitKids(TM) Youth Fitness Curriculum – that can be directly and easily integrated into the elementary classroom. The program is available at http://www.acefitness.org/ofk/youthFitness
The Bringing
Yourself to Work Training by Michelle Seligson, the founder of NIOST, and
Patricia Stahl places unprecedented emphasis on the importance of self awareness,
emotional intelligence, relationship building and group process skills and
their importance to after school Programs. Participants engage in experimental
learning, mini lecturettes and practicing of applied concepts in order to come
away with strategies for implementing BYTW in their after school program.
Links to Learning – Supporting Learning in Out-of-School Time
Programs Video available through the National Institute on Out-of-School
Time and the Wallace Readers Digest Funds. This lively video aimed at
practitioners and policy makers delivers a clear message about the unique role
after-school programs play in supporting children’s learning and
development.
The Human Side of Quality Video available through the National Institute on Out-of-School Time focuses on the importance of having staff who are skilled knowledgeable and caring in high quality after school programs (Part 1 in series).
A Place of Their Own – Designing Quality Spaces for Out-of-School Time Video available through the National Institute on Out-of-School Time showcases space as another key element in developing and maintaining a high quality program (Part 1 in series).
After School Programs, Resources, Training Materials
From School Age
Notes
Half A Childhood: Quality Programs
for Out-of-School Hours, 3rd Edition
by Judith Bender, Charles H. Flatter, & Jeanette
Sorrentino
The first book published by School-Age NOTES in 1984, this publication
underwent a major revision in 2000. This 3rd edition has the most up-to-date
information about organizations such as the National AfterSchool Association
and NIOST. Still has all of the qualities that makes this a great book
for training. Includes the latest best practices for programs that care
for school-age children in the hours before and after school and during
holidays and summer. Designed as a school-age training course text, seven
chapters cover a wide range of issues in school-age care and development
of school-agers including: an historical overview of the school-age care
field; easy-to-read activity charts and environment plans; AND a list
of 1,000 school-age activity ideas and a comprehensive equipment list.
300 pages. (2005)
Price: $33.95 ea.
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here to order!
Links to Learning: A Curriculum Planning Guide for After-School Programs
by National Institute on Out-of-School Time
Gives after-school programs all the tools they need for planning a well-balanced
program, one that responds to the increasing call for academics in after
school while addressing the full range of children's developmental needs.
Provides an overview of learning and child development; offers tips and
tools for selecting, planning, developing and evaluating after-school
activities; and demonstrates how to link these activities to sample learning
and quality standards. Introduces the reader to curriculum resources
focusing on seven "key learning areas" believed to be central
to comprehensive, high-quality, after-school programs. 180 pages. (2005)
Price:
$34.95 ea.
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here to order now!
Introducing the School-Age NOTES Resource Power Packs!
School-Age Notes is proud to introduce our new Resource Power Packs, featuring pre-packaged libraries created to meet targeted needs of after-school programs. Whether you are starting a new program, looking to "recharge" your program, prepare for homework assistance or plan for the inevitable "inside" days of fall and winter, these libraries provide valuable tools to help your program provide a safe, stimulating and supportive environment.
Power Pack #1: ABC's & 123's for After-School Programs: An Essential Resource Library
Power Pack #1 will provide your after-school program with the basic tools to build a solid foundation. We've done the work for you by creating an essential resource library AND we offer a hefty discount plus a free gift to boot! This Power Pack is filled to the brim with one of each of the following books:
After-School Transition Activities: The Ready, Set,
Go Guide to Strategies That Work
Building Relationships with Parents & Families
in School-Age Programs
Classroom Spaces That Work
Discipline in School-Age Care: Control the
Climate, Not the Children
Games, Games, Games: Creating Hundreds of Group
Games & Sports
Half A Childhood: Quality Programs for Out-of-School
Hours
Homework Assistance & Out-of-School Time:
Filling the Need and Finding the Balance AND Literacy: Exploring Strategies
to Enhance Learning in After-School Programs
The NSACA Standards for Quality School-Age
Care
School-Age Ideas & Activities for After-School
Programs
Training New After-School Staff: Welcome to the World
of School-Age Care!
Purchased separately, these books
cost a total of $181.50.
Price:
$163.95 set
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here to order now!
Power Pack #2: Glorious Games & Amazing Activities
Plan ahead for winter weather when kids and staff get "cabin fever." Energize "indoor" days with Power Pack #2! Invigorate play, both indoors and out, and expand your activities repertoire by adding drama, literacy, nature, music and more. Spark your program planning with these wide range of activities that includes one of each of the following books:
Adapted Games
After-School Transition Activities: The
Ready, Set, Go Guide to Strategies That Work
Best New Games
Connect with Music: Ideas for Creating
Musical Experiences with Kids in Out of School Programs
Fun Literacy
Activities for After-School Programs: Books & Beyond
Games, Games,
Games: Creating Hundreds of Group Games & Sports
Nature in a Nutshell
On Stage: Theater Games and Activities
for Kids
Rainy Days & Saturdays
The Game & Play Leaders
Handbook
How to Lead Games (Video)
Purchased separately, these
books cost a total of $214.45.
PLUS with this Power Pack, you'll
receive a special gift as our thanks to you!Price:
$192.95 set
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here to order now!
Power Pack #3: Huge Homework Helper
Make homework time productive, innovative, satisfying and fun with Power Pack #3! This library will help staff enhance academic learning, build relationships with families, and promote an environment conducive to learning. Power Pack #3 includes one of each of the following books:
Building Relationships with Parents & Families
in School-Age Programs
Fun Literacy Activities for After-School Programs:
Books & Beyond
Geography Fun: Cool Activities & Projects
for Young Explorers
Good Kids, Difficult Behavior
Helping Children and Youth
with ADD Succeed in After-School Programs
Homework Assistance & Out-of-School
Time: Filling the Need and Finding the Balance AND Literacy: Exploring
Strategies to Enhance Learning in After-School Programs
How to Help Your
Child with Homework
Number Jugglers
Science in Seconds
Writing Down the Days: 365 Creative
Journaling Ideas for Young People
Purchased separately, these books
cost a total of $180.50.
Price: $162.95 set
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here to order now!
Power Pack #4: Awesome Activities & Spectacular Spaces
In a unique, first-of-its kind collaboration with our friends at Child Care Information Exchange, we bring you Power Pack #4. This new set includes four great books addressing computer technology, literacy, activities, and creating exceptional spaces, as well as 13 articles addressing various aspects of school-age care and child development, including articles about children from different racial/ethnic backgrounds and their particular needs. These artices were published originally in the magazine Child Care Information Exchange.
Power Pack #4 includes one of each of the following books:
Computer Technology in After-School Programs: Opening
Doors to Unlimited Potential
Caring
Spaces, Learning Places
Fun
Literacy Activities for After-School Programs: Books and Beyond
School-Age
Ideas & Activities
for After-School Programs
AND the following articles from Child Care Information Exchange: "Creative Use of Technology with School-Agers;" "Promoting Literacy, Language, and a Love of Learning Makes a Difference;" "Playgrounds for School-Age Afterschool Programs;" "African American Children;" "Building Friendships in School-Age Programs;" "Need a Barometer for Assessing Climate in Your Porgam?"; "Developing a Cultural Disposition in Teachers;" "Interracial Families and Biracial Children;" "The American Indian CHild;" "Children of Asian Cultures;" "Retrato De Mi Familia;" "Preferred Words for Disabilities;" "Children Need to Feel Safe"
Purchased separately, these books cost $151.80.
Price: $136.95
set
Click
here to order now!
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