Learning from Head Start: A Teacher's Guide to School Readiness by Gilford, Sidney W.

Learning from Head Start: A Teacher's Guide to School Readiness (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781475800555)

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Learning from Head Start: A Teacher's Guide to School Readiness by Gilford, Sidney W.

Learning from Head Start: A Teacher's Guide to School Readiness

$110.00
Learning from Head Start: A Teacher's Guide to School Readiness by Gilford, Sidney W.

Learning from Head Start: A Teacher's Guide to School Readiness

$110.00
Format: Hardcover
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Often referred to as a laboratory from which the general early childhood education community can learn, Head Start has benefited from more than 45 years of experience. Its unique blend of early childhood practices, assessments, and monitoring, along with a social service style approach, contribute to Head Start standing out as a premiere early childhood program.
This book is designed to be a teaching tool for workshops and courses as well as an on-site resource for current and future Head Start teaching staff and others in early childhood education.
By presenting background information, vignettes, research, and classroom activities, this book on school readiness combines best practices in early childhood education with relevant applications. Topics, written by experts in their fields, include:

Approaches to learning and teaching strategiesAssessmentsBehavior managementClassroom set upCurriculum and lesson plansEarly language, literacy, math, science, social studies, and creative artsPhysical health and development (gross and fine motor skills)Social and emotional developmentTeaching young children with disabilities and dual language learnersTips for involving parents in their children's education

Author: Sidney W. Gilford
ISBN-10: 147580055X
ISBN-13: 9781475800555
Publisher: R & L Education
Language: English
Published: 08/15/2013
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d
By Sidney W. Gilford
By Sidney W. Gilford
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Dr. Sid Gilford has more than 20 years experience with nonprofits and education; 15 of those years with Head Start; 10+ years in administration. Sid started with Head Start as an assistant teacher for a small program in Connecticut and later held various positions such as Chief of Staff Development, Training, and Monitoring for a large Head Start program in southern California and Director of what became a National Showcase Early Head Start program in Philadelphia. In addition to being adjunct faculty in undergraduate early childhood education and graduate education, Sid conducts workshops at state and national Head Start conferences.

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