The Most Important Year : : Pre-Kindergarten and the Future of our Children

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Call Number: 372.21 Bo, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Education / General / Bouffard, Suzanne M
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Traverwood Branch

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Traverwood Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Nonfiction / Education / General / Bouffard, Suzanne M	4-week checkout	On Shelf

The art and science of teaching -- Getting connected -- Beautiful little puzzles -- Doing the math -- The luck of the draw -- Serious play -- Ready to read? -- Skills and drills -- Money matters -- Test prep for parents -- The myth of the silver bullet.
An 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 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? 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 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. Journalist Suzanne Bouffard takes us inside some of the country's best pre-K classrooms to reveal the sometimes surprising ingredients that make them work -- and to understand why some programs are doing the opposite of what is best for children. It also chronicles the stories of families and teachers from many backgrounds as they struggle to give their children a good start in school. This book is a call to arms when we are at a crucial moment, and perhaps on the verge of a missed opportunity: We now have the means and the will to have universal pre-kindergarten, but we are also in grave danger of not getting it right.

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importance of pre-K submitted by crp on August 22, 2019, 12:16am This book changed the way I think about this year before Kg