Everyday Goodbyes: Starting School And Early Care, a Guide to the Separation Process (Early Childhood Education Series (Teachers College Pr))
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (681 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807746398 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 153 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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She is a coauthor of the popular textbook, Observing and Recording the Behavior of Young Children, Fourth Edition. . Nancy Balaban, Ed.D., is on the faculty of Bank Street College Graduate School, involved in educating graduate students to work both in Early Childhood Education and Infant and Parent Development and Early Inter
From the Publisher "The author provides specific suggestions for increasing awareness of a wide variety of child responses to early separation, and how to ease this transition for young children."- Alice Sterling Honig, Professor Emerita of Child Development, Syracuse University"Every teacher should read this book to learn how to make separation a source of positive growth for everyone involved.- Janet Gonzalez-Mena, Professor Emerita, Napa Valley College
Emphasizing the need for parents and teachers to work together in phasing children into a child-care, preschool, or kindergarten program, she offers many sensitive, practical suggestions to ease the separation process for all involved.Positioning separation as the underlying curriculum for all early childhood programs, this wonderful book:* Helps teachers and parents to understand why children take time to adjust.* Uses photographs and real-life anecdotes of children, teachers, and parents to illustrate all aspects of the adjustment process.* Includes activities for the classroom that support childrenÂ’s movement toward independence and self-confidence.* Includes children with special needs, those who come from special circumstances, as well as the