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Parents' & Teachers' Guide to Helping Young Children Learn: Summary and book reviews of Parents' & Teachers' Guide to Helping Young Children Learn by Betty Farber, M.Ed, plus links to an excerpt from Parents' & Teachers' Guide to Helping Young Children Learn and a biography of Betty Farber, M.Ed.
Parents' & Teachers' Guide to Helping Young Children Learn Creative Ideas from 35 Respected Experts
by
Betty Farber, M.Ed
Paperback: May 1998,
364 pages.
This book provides information on how young children learn, and offers activities to encourage emerging literacy, promote creativity and imagination, and enhance knowledge and development in music, art, science, movement, and computers. Each section concludes with a list of resources.
This is one in a series of 3 books all edited by Better Farber, M.Ed. The other two books are:
- My Self, My Family, My Friends: 26 Experts Explore Young Children's Self-esteem.
- Guiding Young Children's Behavior: Helpful Ideas for Parents and Teachers from 28 Early Childhood Experts.
Book Reviews
Harriet Heath Ph.D, Director of The Parent Center, Thorne School Child Study Inst.
The articles are readable, concise and full of ideas. Parents, teachers, and child care providers can easily look up an area of interest. They will find a theoretical discussion about the issue with practical ideas for dealing with it....This is the beauty of the book.... It draws from the everyday activities that go on in home or in preschool settings. It connects the two and explains how everyday activities prepare the child. Each section includes a list of references, relevant books and activities.... The philosophy of child development behind these articles is one that needs to be reiterated for every generation of parents. It views children as curious and parents as having an important role in satisfying their curiosity. Children are seen as seeking to explore their world and to understand how it works. Parents -- following their children's explorations and understanding how children develop -- expand their children's experiences.
Harriet Friedes, educational consultant
An extraordinary, all encompassing resource that will have parents, educators and child care providers cheering.
Nancy Balaban, Ed.D. Director, Infant and Parent Development, Bank Street College, NY.
Within these pages lies a cache of riches for you and your preschool child whether you are a parent or a teacher, or both
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Parents' & Teachers' Guide to Helping Young Children Learn
Harriet Heath Ph.D, Director of The Parent Center, Thorne School Child Study Inst.
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