Going to Kindergarten: A Year with an Outstanding Teacher

FROM THE PUBLISHER

"Kindergarten is a unique year - a special opportunity in the lives of our children. However, in the last twenty years, the typical kindergarten curriculum has become teacher-centric, emphasizing academic development, sometimes to the detriment of the children's social and emotional development. Going to Kindergarten presents an insider's view of extraordinary teaching in one kindergarten classroom where children thrive." Richgels, a teacher of educators, shares his observations about what makes this kindergarten so special. Using the actual words of the teacher, Mrs. Poremba, and her students recorded in the year he spent in her classroom, Richgels weaves a tale of competence, happiness, excitement, and growth. Each of the ten chapters contains verbatim dialogue and rich description covering the first tentative day of kindergarten, through the last wistful good-bye to the school year, and many magical moments in between.

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