Yardsticks: Child and Adolescent Development - Softcover

Chip Woods

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1892989891 ISBN 13: 9781892989895

Publisher: Center for Responsive Schools, 2018

Synopsis

Helping children grow and learn starts with understanding their development!

Drawing on decades of educational experience and a wealth of research, Yardsticks invites every adult who teaches or cares for children to celebrate the incredible developmental journey that occurs from ages four through fourteen. Combining easy-to-access information about the cognitive, social-emotional, and physical characteristics unique to each age with practical advice for how to apply this knowledge, Yardsticks offers parents and educators a foundation for helping children grow and thrive.

New in the Fourth Edition

Updated and streamlined design that makes the text easier to use as a reference
Revised introductory material with practical advice for getting to know and understand children
Each age now enhanced with information specifically for parents
New age-by-age narratives that highlight what s intriguing, delightful, and sometimes challenging about children at each age

About this title

About the Author

For forty-five years, Robert (Chip) Wood has worked on behalf of children from preschool through eighth grade as a classroom teacher, teaching principal, and teacher educator. After studying at the Gesell Institute of Human Development early in his career, Chip made developmentally based teaching the center of his educational practice. His core belief: knowing what children at each age are developmentally capable of doing physically, socially, emotionally and cognitively enables respectful, successful teaching of all children no matter their life circumstances or cultural background. A co-developer of Responsive Classroom and co-founder of Northeast Foundation for Children (now Center for Responsive Schools), Chip has served as principal of two public schools and was co-founder of Greenfield Center School. He is a facilitator for the Center for Courage & Renewal and co-creator of Leading Together, an approach focused on strengthening the adult community of schools.

Review

In an age dominated by standardized test scores, Chip Wood's, Yardsticks, is a treasure. It describes children as living, breathing, feeling, thinking beings. Many of the anecdotes made me chuckle or smile. Informed by a deep knowledge of general developmental trends, Wood also urges teachers to take time to observe each child as an individual, and he provides helpful tips for doing so. Most of all, this book helps us appreciate children, reminding us that they are truly a joy. I find this book life-affirming. I love it. --William Crain, Professor of Psychology, The City College of New York and author of Theories of Development: Concept and Applications.

Yardsticks is a must-have resource for those committed to helping children learn. The heart of beautiful teaching emanates from understanding how children tick, think, learn and develop. Chip Wood synthesizes the far-flung field of child development into accessible portraits and then provides practical and applied strategies that will help children thrive. --Sam Intrator, Smith College, Elizabeth A. Woodson 1922 Professor of Education & Child Study,Faculty Director of the Smith College (K-6) Campus School

Edition details

• Publisher: Center for Responsive Schools
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1892989891
• ISBN 13: 9781892989895
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 188