K today : teaching and learning in the kindergarten year

Summary: K today: Teaching and learning in the Kindergarten Year is a compilation of 15 chapters by highly respected early childhood educators, each strived to paint a realistic picture of the challenges and roles of todays kindergarten educators, especially given state and district mandates, families expectations and the everyday world of children.

Record details

ISBN: 9781928896395
ISBN: 1928896391
Physical Description: print
viii, 173 pages ; 28 cm.
Publisher: Washington, DC : National Association for the Education of Young Children, ©2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

This thing called kindergarten / M. Elizabeth Graue -- Looking at kindergarten children / Laura E. Berk -- Considering kindergarten families / Douglas R. Powell and Hope K. Gerde -- Developing key cognitive skills / Susan L. Golbeck -- Developing social and emotional competence / Martha B. Bronson -- Teaching in the kindergarten year / Cate Heroman and Carol Copple -- Language and literacy in kindergarten / Dorothy S. Strickland -- Mathematics in kindergarten / Julie Sarama and Douglas H. Clements -- Science in kindergarten / Ingrid Chalufour and Karen Worth -- Social studies in kindergarten / Gayle Mindes -- Creative expression and thought in kindergarten / Mary Renck Jalongo and Joan Packer Isenberg -- Physical education in kindergarten / Stephen W. Sanders -- Assessment in kindergarten / Dominic F. Gullo -- Transition from kindergarten to first grade / Jason Downer, Kate Driscoll, and Robert Pianta -- Making the most of kindergarten-- trends and policy issues / Sharon L. Kagan and Kristie Kauerz.