Parent-Friendly Early Learning : Tips and Strategies for Working Well with Families
Parent-Friendly Early Learning : Tips and Strategies for Working Well with Families
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Book Description
Offering insight into the parents' perspective, Parent-Friendly Early Learning is a thoughtful and practical resource for classroom teachers seeking to create positive relationships with the parents of young children. Six chapters address specific challenges in working with parents, including these:
Improving parent/teacher communication
Developing and upholding policies
Discussing child development
Understanding and dealing with parent fears
Addressing issues of identity
Parent-Friendly Early Learning also contains real-life examples from the everyday experiences of early childhood teachers.
Julie Powers is the director at the University of Hawaii-Manoa Children's Center. She lives in Kailua, Hawaii.
About the Author
Julie Powers is the director at the University of Hawaii-Manoa Children's Center. She has previously worked as a teacher, administrator and college educator in early childhood education. She has also presented workshops at conferences across the country and has had several articles published in Child Care Information Exchange.
Parent-Friendly Early Learning: Tips and Strategies for Working Well with Families,Julie Powers,Redleaf Press,1929610629,Child Care/Parenting,Early childhood education,Education / Teaching,Family & Relationships,General,Parent Participation,Parent-teacher relationships,Parenting - Child Rearing,Preschool & Kindergarten,Teaching Methods & Materials - Classroom Planning,Family & Relationships / Child Care
Book Contents:
- Parenting: An Ecological Perspective, Second Edition
- Parenting to Build Character in Your Teen
- Parents at Last : Celebrating Adoption and the New Pathways to Parenthood
- Perspectives in Family Communication
- Pharmacist's Guide to Medicinal Herbs
- Rabies, Lyme Disease, Hanta Virus: And Other Animal-Borne Human Diseases in the United States and Canada
- Raising a Responsible Child: How Parents Can Avoid Indulging Too Much and Rescuing Too Often
- Reinventing the Male Homosexual: The Rhetoric and Power of the Gay Gene
- Smalley 3-in-1
- Smart Play : 101 Fun, Easy Games That Enhance Intelligence
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