The Most Important Year: Pre-Kindergarten and the Future of Our Children
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (908 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06X8YCNZV |
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| Number of Pages | : | 186 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Fabulously written book that all educators and parents of preschoolers should read! This is a wonderfully written book by Suzanne Bouffard. On her LinkIn site she notes "I'm a writer with a background in developmental psychology and a passion for making research accessible to the general public." I think she's done that beautifully. This book is not a "workbook" per se, as the previous reviewer noted, for skills your child needs to acquire during or before preschool. It's probably more like Waiting for 'Superman', where the book starts out with parents trying to get into a prestigious public preschool and why preschool is, as the title notes, "the most important y. Debra said Well Developed and important. My Well Developed and important Debra My 4 year old Great grandson will be starting Pre-K in August. We've been going through all the skills a 4 year old should know before school and this book confirmed what we are doing is right on track. This is a well developed workbook of sorts to ensure success in there most important step of school life.. year old Great grandson will be starting Pre-K in August. We've been going through all the skills a Well Developed and important Debra My 4 year old Great grandson will be starting Pre-K in August. We've been going through all the skills a 4 year old should know before school and this book confirmed what we are doing is right on track. This is a well developed workbook of sorts to ensure success in there most important step of school life.. year old should know before school and this book confirmed what we are doing is right on track. This is a well developed workbook of sorts to ensure success in there most important step of school life.
Essential reading for any parent, teacher, or policymaker who believes that all American children deserve a quality pre-K education that will set them up for a lifetime of learning.”—Christine Gross-Loh, author of Parenting Without Borders. The grand "pre-K" experiment has consequences for our economy, our democracy, and, of course, the little children who will one day lead us all. Suzanne Bouffard is the tour guide we need to understand what is happening and what we can all do to make the experiment a success. “—Elizabeth Green, author of Building a Better Teacher “Anyone who cares about children
An eye-opening look inside pre-K in America and what it will take to give all children the best start in school possible. At the heart of this groundbreaking book are two urgent questions: What do our young children need in the earliest years of school, and how do we ensure that they all get it? Cutting-edge research has proven that early childhood education is crucial for all children to gain the academic and emotional skills they need to succeed later in life. Children who attend quality pre-K programs have a host of positive outcomes including better language, literacy, problem-solving and math skills down the line, and they have a leg up on what appears to be the most essential skill to develop at age four: strong self-control. But even with this overwhelming evidence, early childhood education is at a crossroads in America. We know that children can and do benefit, but we also know that too many of our littlest learners don’t get that chance—millions of parents can’t find spots for their children, or their preschoolers end up in poor quality programs. With engrossing storytelling, journalist Suzanne Bouffard takes us inside some of the country’s best pr
in developmental psychology from Duke University and has spent the past ten years conducting and writing about education research at Harvard University. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and two children. . Suzanne Bouffard is a writer with a background in child development and education. Bouffard’s articles have appeared in The New York Times, Parents magazine online, Educational Leadership magazine, and The Har