Joyful Learning in Kindergarten
Joyful Learning in Kindergarten by Barbara E Fisher, published by Heinemann on February 23, 1998, is a comprehensive resource for early childhood educators. This second edition builds on the original 1991 text, which was the first to effectively connect student-centered theory with practical application in preschool and kindergarten settings. The book spans 320 pages and provides insightful discussions on various topics, including shared reading, math manipulatives, and parent communication, making it a valuable tool for educators.
In this edition, readers will discover updated routines, activities, and strategies designed to promote natural learning. The original sixteen chapters are complemented by three new chapters that delve into classroom procedures, full-day kindergarten programs, and models for social studies and science inquiries. The extensive treatment of language arts includes innovative ideas on phonics and guided reading, along with updated bibliographies and appendixes featuring successful classroom strategies. This book serves as a vital guide for daycare providers, preschool teachers, and anyone dedicated to fostering a joyful learning environment for children.
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When originally published in 1991, Joyful Learning was the first book to demonstrate how to link student-centered theory and practice in the preschool and kindergarten classroom. Since then, it has become a veritable bible for early childhood educators. Now, veteran author Bobbi Fisher revisits her landmark text, adding a detailed index and new routines, activities, and strategies for promoting natural learning.
The book’s original sixteen chapters offer clear and incisive discussions of theory plus practical advice on shared reading, math manipulatives, assessment, parent communication, and more. Three brand-new chapters explore important themes such as classroom procedures, establishing a full-day kindergarten program, and models for social studies and science inquiries. The treatment of language arts is extensive, with new ideas on phonics, ways to support readers and writers during choice time, the use of literature, book selection, guided reading, and assessment of letter and sound knowledge. Readers will particularly appreciate the updated bibliographies (covering both children’s trade books and professional resources) and the updated and expanded appendixes (in which teachers share activities and strategies that have been successful for them in classrooms around the country).
Daycare providers, preschool teachers, preservice and inservice kindergarten teachers, curriculum specialists, parents, administrators, homeschoolers, indeed anyone committed to nurturing in our children the joyful satisfaction of real thought and action will find this book essential reading.
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