Learning from Head Start
eBook - PDF

Learning from Head Start

A Teacher's Guide to School Readiness

  1. 305 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Learning from Head Start

A Teacher's Guide to School Readiness

About this book

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

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Information

Publisher
R&L Education
Year
2013
eBook ISBN
9798216209690
Edition
1
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Early Childhood Education

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction
  4. Part I. BEING A HEAD START TEACHER
  5. CHAPTER 1. A Typical Day as a Head Start Teacher
  6. CHAPTER 2. Parent Involvement
  7. Part II. ABOUT HEAD START
  8. CHAPTER 3. Head Start History and Structure
  9. CHAPTER 4. Ensuring Quality: Regulations, Monitoring, Support, and Resources
  10. Part III. SCHOOL READINESS
  11. CHAPTER 5. School Readiness
  12. CHAPTER 6. Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework
  13. CHAPTER 7. Child Assessment and Program Evaluation in Head Start
  14. Part IV. FRAMEWORK SUBJECTS
  15. CHAPTER 8. Early Language Development and Literacy
  16. CHAPTER 9. Early Mathematics
  17. CHAPTER 10. Science in the Early Childhood Classroom
  18. CHAPTER 11. Social Studies
  19. CHAPTER 12. Creative Arts
  20. CHAPTER 13. Physical Health and Development: Gross and Fine Motor Skills
  21. CHAPTER 14. Social and Emotional Development
  22. Part V. TEACHING STRATEGIES
  23. CHAPTER 15. Positive Approaches to Learning and Cognitive Skills
  24. CHAPTER 16. Curriculum, Lesson Plans, and Individualization
  25. CHAPTER 17. Teaching Young Children with Disabilities
  26. CHAPTER 18. Increasing English Language Skills of Dual Language Learners
  27. CHAPTER 19. Classroom Management
  28. CHAPTER 20. How to Set Up and Arrange a Head Start Classroom
  29. WRAP-UP. Sidney W. Gilford
  30. APPENDIX I. Resources
  31. APPENDIX II. Titles and Affiliations of Contributing Authors
  32. About the Editor