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The preschool handbook : making the most of your child's education / Barbara, Brenner

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Pantheon books 1990Description: xii, 276 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0679725512
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 838
Contents:
Preschool : the big picture
A short history of preschool
Preschools in the twentieth century
Preschool and the great depression
The establishment of head start
Preschool today
Who's going to preschool?
How to use this book
The preschool marketplace
A working definition of preschool
Types of preschool
Why preschool?
The preschool program
Preschool ages and stages
The three-way partnership
Some good reasons for a child to go to preschool
Some not-so-good reasons for a child to go to preschool
Some good reasons not to send a child to preschool
Choosing a preschool
Preschool philosophies
The cost issue
Large versus small settings
When to start looking
Where to look
Inquiries
The school brochure
Licensing
Visiting preschools
A final word on choosing
Portraits of six preschools
Preschool checklist
A typical preschool day
The first days: seperation
What separation is and what it means
some separation scenes
Separation and timing
What parents should know about separation
Daily scheduling: three points of view
Feedback
Bringing preschool home
Preschool policy in action
Discipline
Health
Safety
Preschool language and reading
Cultural diversity
Nonsexist education
Everyday preschool routines
Clothes and dressing
Food
Physical play
Toileting
Show-and-tell
Child-to-child
Electronic learning
Special issues
Testing
Divorce, separation, singles
The handicapped preschooler
Emotional problems
When you and the preschool disagree
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Book Book Bagong Silangan Branch Reference Section Circulation C 372.21 B838p 1990 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 125537d

Includes index

Preschool : the big picture

A short history of preschool

Preschools in the twentieth century

Preschool and the great depression

The establishment of head start

Preschool today

Who's going to preschool?

How to use this book

The preschool marketplace

A working definition of preschool

Types of preschool

Why preschool?

The preschool program

Preschool ages and stages

The three-way partnership

Some good reasons for a child to go to preschool

Some not-so-good reasons for a child to go to preschool

Some good reasons not to send a child to preschool

Choosing a preschool

Preschool philosophies

The cost issue

Large versus small settings

When to start looking

Where to look

Inquiries

The school brochure

Licensing

Visiting preschools

A final word on choosing

Portraits of six preschools

Preschool checklist

A typical preschool day

The first days: seperation

What separation is and what it means

some separation scenes

Separation and timing

What parents should know about separation

Daily scheduling: three points of view

Feedback

Bringing preschool home

Preschool policy in action

Discipline

Health

Safety

Preschool language and reading

Cultural diversity

Nonsexist education

Everyday preschool routines

Clothes and dressing

Food

Physical play

Toileting

Show-and-tell

Child-to-child

Electronic learning

Special issues

Testing

Divorce, separation, singles

The handicapped preschooler

Emotional problems

When you and the preschool disagree

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