    Me, You, Us: Social-Emotional Learning in Preschool written by Ann S. Epstien, PhD with a foreword by Lillian G. Katz – published by HighScope and NAEYC “….children progress from a focus on themselves (me), to an awareness of others (you), to the formation of reciprocal relatinoships (us.) (p 13)” This book does a really […]
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Book Ramblings: Me, You, Us: Social-Emotional Learning in Preschool
June 29th, 2009 · Comments Off on Book Ramblings: Me, You, Us: Social-Emotional Learning in Preschool · Books, Children, Musings
Tags: Children·emotional development·practice·social development·teaching strategies·theory
Children’s books, Kiwanis and reading
November 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on Children’s books, Kiwanis and reading · Books, Children, Kiwanis
Today I enjoyed an hour of sheer joy!  Along with several of my fellow Kiwanians and community volunteers, we read either one-on-one or in small groups to local children in our community’s early care and education centers. Our club takes part in a program called Reading is Fundamental. We fundraise and purchase quality picture books, […]
Book Ramblings: My Father’s House
July 29th, 2008 · Comments Off on Book Ramblings: My Father’s House · Books, Communal Societies
While at our Shaker Seminar (see previous week’s postings), we visited the museum of another communal society: the Oneida Community. While there I picked up a couple of books. I’ve just finished reading My Father’s House: An Oneida Boyhood by Pierrepont B. Noyes. It was written as a memoir – I expect it might be […]