A Parent's Guide to Preschool

A Parent's Guide to Preschool
Author: Diane Trister Dodge
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2002
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781879537583

Explains how children learn while they play in a high quality preschool program and the important role parents play in helping their children succeed in school and in life.

A Parent's Guide to Early Childhood Education

A Parent's Guide to Early Childhood Education
Author: Diane Trister Dodge
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 1990
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780960289257

This handbook was originally intended for parents whose children attend programs which use "The Creative Curriculum for Early Childhood" (CCEC), but the informaton is also useful to parents whose children attend early childhood programs using other curriculum models based on child development theories. The purpose of the handbook is to explain ways parents and teachers can work together at home and at school to help children acquire the skills, attitudes, and habits to do well in school and throughout life. The guide explains the CCEC program's philosophy and goals. It describes what children are learning while engaged in particular CCEC program activities and what they learn from the environment, the daily schedule, conversations, and at home in the dining room, living room, kitchen, children's bedroom, bathroom, and outside. Concluding remarks stress that the key to providing successful learning experiences for young children is to figure out what interests the child and use those interests to engage him or her in actively exploring and learning about the environment. It is emphasized that every place is a learning environment for a child, regardless of where the family lives or what kind of home the family lives in. (RH)

Parents Guide to "Prekindergarten" Instruction

Parents Guide to
Author: Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2012
Genre:
ISBN:

The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) is committed to providing the highest quality of education to its students. One way to provide a quality education is with an effective curriculum that reflects high standards and expectations. Thus, DoDEA has developed rigorous content standards aligned with national guidelines and standards. But even the most rigorous standards cannot make schools and students successful without the support of parents. This booklet is designed to inform you, parents, of DoDEA's expectations for students in the four major curriculum areas-reading/language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies-at the prekindergarten level. These expectations are aligned with the prekindergarten curriculum that is used by the classroom teacher for daily instruction. The booklet also provides examples of what your child is learning in the classroom, and what he or she should know and be able to accomplish upon exiting prekindergarten. In addition, it provides suggestions and tips on how you can help your child at home. Resources for children are appended.

Teach Your Preschooler to Learn, a Parent's Guide

Teach Your Preschooler to Learn, a Parent's Guide
Author: Jan Sixt
Publisher: Jan Sixt's Teach to Learn Press
Total Pages: 86
Release: 2013-03
Genre: Education, Preschool
ISBN: 9780984936120

Most school districts have a list of recommended skills for children as they enter school. Wouldn't it be helpful to know what is expected of your five-year old before kindergarten enrollment? "Teach Your Preschooler to Learn" is a parent's guide for your child's first teacher--YOU! Your classroom is your home and neighborhood. Your curriculum is the humble flow of your daily lives together. "Teach Your Preschooler to Learn, A Parent's Guide: Preparing Your Toddler for School" explains how busy parents can respond to their child's natural curiosity and readiness to learn. You can prepare your child for school easily through casual discussion, manipulative toys, music, decorations, movies, books, and short trips while doing normal daily errands or while taking a walk together. These teaching opportunities are used to expose your child to concepts, and to invite your child to learn more about a subject now and later. This book presents some essential physical, social, and cognitive skills that schools recommend for their incoming kindergarteners. Parents are very, very busy. Many of you work, have other children to care for, have a house to clean, and have meals to cook. This book shows you how to better use the time you have to help your baby, toddler, or preschooler attain the necessary skills which are needed to achieve a positive and successful experience when your child does enter kindergarten. "Teach Your Preschooler to Learn, A Parent's Guide: Preparing Your Toddler for School" is the logical prequel to its companion book "Teach Your Child to Learn, A Parent's Guide: Simple and Tested Techniques That Work." Even though these techniques can help students of any age, the younger a person can adopt these suggestions, the more productive a student that person can become. These books are my sincere efforts to help you help your child, effectively, efficiently, and lovingly. Mommy, Daddy, be prepared . . . you also are about to grow in the most wonderful ways! Soon you will hear your child say, "I did it!" You will soon hear yourself say, "I'm having fun, too!"

The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading (The Ordinary Parent's Guide)

The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading (The Ordinary Parent's Guide)
Author: Jessie Wise
Publisher: Peace Hill Press
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2004-10-17
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 194296837X

A plain-English guide to teaching phonics. Every parent can teach reading—no experts need apply! Too many parents watch their children struggle with early reading skills—and don't know how to help. Phonics programs are too often complicated, overpriced, gimmicky, and filled with obscure educationalese. The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading cuts through the confusion, giving parents a simple, direct, scripted guide to teaching reading—from short vowels through supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. This one book supplies parents with all the tools they need. Over the years of her teaching career, Jessie Wise has seen good reading instruction fall prey to trendy philosophies and political infighting. Now she has teamed with dynamic coauthor Sara Buffington to supply parents with a clear, direct phonics program—a program that gives them the know-how and confidence to take matters into their own hands.

Pre-K Parent Guide for Your Child's Success

Pre-K Parent Guide for Your Child's Success
Author: Suzanne Barchers
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2012-09-30
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1480752991

Get parents and teachers working together to increase student achievement with this Parent Guide. This helpful guide provides reinforcement for what the teacher is doing in prekindergarten and includes ideas for turning everyday actions into learning opportunities, encouraging children to practice important life skills.

Learning at Home

Learning at Home
Author: Ann Ward
Publisher: Noble Pub Assoc/Noble Books
Total Pages: 267
Release: 1988-02-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780923463021

Home school parents begin to educate their children very early. This book really takes advantage of the strengths of the preschool learning years and includes lesson plans for ten subjects of study--all designed to fit into a stress-free one-hour-and-a-half each day. The curriculum covers a full two years. Great for helping new families get started in home schooling.