{"product_id":"powerful-children-ann-lewin-benham-9780807748831","title":"Powerful Children: Understanding How to Teach and Learn Using the Reggio Approach","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Possible Schools, Ann Lewin-Benham showed us that we can create schools that engage the minds of children and involve parents. In this book, she describes projects in a school that successfully adapted the Reggio Approach with Head Start-eligible children. She explains how to use the Reggio Approach to address current major concerns in early education, including helping children become self-disciplined, making sure children are ready for 1st grade, assessing children's progress, and laying a foundation for literacy. Presenting a multitude of examples of excellent preschool practice, this dynamic book: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e Introduces the concept of \"significant work\" that draws deeply on young children's innate intelligences.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Provides teachers with an opportunity to reflect on what they know and understand about young children.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Illustrates how teachers can make changes in their classrooms to expand and improve learning.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Describes robust activities from an urban preschool, including how each project relates to a particular teaching principle.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Suggests more clearly defined standards and lays out policy implications for each.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ann Lewin-Benham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807748838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807748831\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Teachers College Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/29\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 6.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2008 pg. 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2009","brand":"Ann Lewin-Benham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947255660799,"sku":"9780807748831","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_36eefb23-54d3-42e7-ae6d-6baeb3287d55.jpg?v=1681517635","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/powerful-children-ann-lewin-benham-9780807748831","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}