Help! For Teachers of Young Children: 88 Tips to Develop Children′s Social Skills and Create Positive Teacher-Family Relationships - Softcover

Kaltman, Gwendolyn S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 141292443X ISBN 13: 9781412924436

Publisher: Corwin, 2005

Synopsis

This entertaining and informative resource offers tips on teaching communication and cooperation skills, instilling a positive self-concept in children, and creating effective team relationships with families.

About this title

About the Author:

Gwen Snyder Kaltman has spent more than 25 years working with young children, their parents, and teachers. She is the author of Help! For Teachers of Young Children: 88 Tips to Develop Children′s Social Skills and Create Positive Teacher-Family Relationships and More Help! For Teachers of Young Children: 99 Tips to Promote Intellectual Development and Creativity. She has been a preschool teacher, director, college instructor, and educational trainer in various parts of the country and has also been a validator for the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs, the accreditation division of the National Association for the Education of Young Children.

Kaltman has worked with young children in Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Tennessee, and Virginia. She has trained teachers working in Head Start programs in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and rural Georgia and in child care centers and preschools in the suburbs of New York City and Washington, DC. She has observed preschool classes in such diverse places as China, Easter Island, Greenland, India, Malta, Mongolia, Tibet, Tanzania, Venezuela, and native villages above the Arctic Circle and along the Amazon and Sepik rivers.

She earned her BS and MEd in early childhood education from the University of Maryland.

Review:

"Teachers and parents will recognize (and chuckle over) many of the situations described in the stories, and will find the strategies useful in meeting the social, emotional, and intellectual needs of young children."

-- Joan Franklin Smutny Published On: 2004-08-03

"Easy to read and comprehend. The author knows her field and conveys that knowledge in unassuming ways."

-- Catheryn Weitman, Professor Published On: 2004-04-08

"Even though strong parent-teacher partnerships benefit children, very little attention is usually given to training teachers to tap into this powerful resource. Kaltman′s practical tips would be a very valuable resouce for preservice and inservice teachers alike."

-- Ruth R. Kennedy Published On: 2005-04-04

"The author has a marvelous gift of sharing personal experiences with teachers in meaningful and practical ways."

-- Susan Miller, Educational Consultant and Author Published On: 2005-09-16

"A delightful book. It is readable, convincing, and useful for communicating with children and engaging them in fruitful conversations. I would recommend this book to anyone who has the good fortune to be working with young children."
-- Marilyn Segal, Director of Academics Published On: 2005-10-12

"Addresses many typical trouble spots that teachers in early grades frequently encounter―problems with sharing, negative attention seeking, bullying, and expressing anger. The interventions Kaltman recommends are succinct, clear, and easy to administer. Teachers and other school professionals are likely to find many tips to assist them in day-to-day activities." -- PsycCRITIQUES Published On: 2006-06-01

"Refreshing and consistent with most current thinking about effective learning. Teachers and school professionals will find many tips that will assist them in day-to-day activities." -- George M. Kapalka Published On: 2006-06-21

About this edition

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 141292443X
• ISBN 13: 9781412924436
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 184