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Yardsticks : Children in the Classroom Ages 4-14

ISBN: 9781892989192 | 1892989190
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Northeast Fndtn for Children
Pub. Date: 8/2/2007

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
Written with warmth and humor, Yardsticks offers clear descriptions of children's development. This comprehensive, user-friendly reference has been a favorite of parents and teachers for more than 10 years. For each age, this book includes: narrative description of developmental traits; charts summarizing physical, social, language, and cognitive growth patterns; suggestions for curricular areas: reading, writing, mathematics, and thematic units; favorite books for different ages. What's new in the 3rd edition: a brief overview of issues in the development of bilingualism and biliteracy among Latino/Hispanic children; an appendix on the ¿birthday cluster exercise¿ for applying the information in the book to working with a whole class of students; an updated list of recommended children¿s books; an updated list of recommended resources for teachers and parents.
Foreword
Preface to the Third Edition
Introductionp. 3
Developmental Considerationsp. 11
Yardsticks: Broad Guidelinesp. 39
Four-Year-Oldsp. 47
Five-Year-Oldsp. 57
Six-Year-Oldsp. 73
Seven-Year-Oldsp. 85
Eight-Year-Oldsp. 97
Nine-Year-Oldsp. 107
Ten-... MOREp. 119
Eleven-Year-Oldsp. 131
Twelve-Year-Oldsp. 143
Thirteen-Year-Oldsp. 155
Fourteen-Year-Oldsp. 167
Acknowledgmentsp. 183
Referencesp. 185
The Birthday Cluster Exercise : Where Is Your Class Developmentally?p. 195
Resources for Educatorsp. 201
Resources for Parentsp. 205
Some Favorite Books for Children at Different Agesp. 207
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.
Chip Wood is principal of Sheffield Elementary School is Turners Falls, Massachusetts, and co-founder of Northeast Foundation for Children.


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