education (preschool)

Presents activities for helping children develop an understanding for people with disabilities, with facts about specific disabilities, discussion questions, stories, and reproducible activity sheets.

Offers strategies designed to help young children who have had little exposure to literacy activities, focusing on the use of in-school family storybook sessions with small groups of kindergartners. Includes examples of student work, reproducibles, and photographs.

Text and photographs portray Rajesh, who has artificial legs and one hand, and his mainstreaming into a regular kindergarten classroom.

Investigates the truth about the multicultural classroom from the perspective of those who participate in it, addresses the frustration with racism, and analyzes the successes and failures of the integrated classroom.

Gives information on topics ranging from stimulating brain development to avoiding parent burnout.

Explains how educators can conceptualize, plan, and implement an effective early literacy program, focusing on how to prevent reading difficulties and promote success in at-risk three to five year olds.

Offers advice on how to identify high-ability children in preschool and early elementary grades; explores a variety of methods teachers may use to respond to the educational, social, and emotional needs of young gifted children; and discusses the importance of parental support.

Text and photographs follow a group of children with different nationalities, abilities, and disabilities through a happy, cooperative day at school.