Yardsticks by Chip Wood
Written with warmth and humor, Yardsticks offers clear descriptions of children's development. This comprehensive, user-friendly reference helps teachers and administrators use knowledge of child development to shape classrooms and schools where all children can succeed. For each age, this book includes: Narrative description of developmental traitsCharts summarizing physical, social, language, and cognitive growth patternsSuggestions for curricular areas: reading, writing, mathematics, and thematic unitsFavorite books for different ages.What's new in the third edition: A new, brief overview of issues in the development of bilingualism and biliteracy among Latino/Hispanic childrenA new appendix on the birthday cluster exercise for applying the information in the book to working with a whole class of studentsAn updated list of recommended children's booksAn updated list of recommended resources for teachers and parents.Chip Wood has centered his educational practice on developmentally based instruction, attempting to integrate child development research into practical applications for teachers and parents. Chip has served as principal of two public schools and was co-founder of Greenfield Center School. He is a co-developer of Responsive Classroom and co-founder of Northeast Foundation for Children (now Center for Responsive Schools).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781892989192 |
| ISBN 10 | 1892989190 |
| Title | Yardsticks |
| Author | Chip Wood |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Center for Responsive Schools Inc |
| Year published | 2007-08-04 |
| Number of pages | 216 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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