Young Learners, Diverse Children: Celebrating Diversity in Early Childhood

Young Learners, Diverse Children: Celebrating Diversity in Early Childhood
ISBN-10
1452273243
ISBN-13
9781452273242
Category
Education
Pages
248
Language
English
Published
2009-09-22
Publisher
Corwin Press
Author
Virginia Gonzalez

Description

Nurture young children’s self-esteem and boost learning by integrating family culture with instruction! Emphasizing how connecting instruction with children’s backgrounds increases learners’ confidence and fosters a supportive learning environment, this book helps teachers improve outcomes for diverse and low socioeconomic status (SES) students. Drawing on field-tested methods, the author merges cognition, language, and culture and presents lesson plans, classroom-based alternative assessment tools, and best practices to help readers: Improve literacy through storytelling that reflects students’ lives Collaborate with parents to increase student achievement Correlate curriculum with TESOL standards for young children Integrate academic standards across developmental levels

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