First Grade Readiness 2nd Ed, by Nancy Blanning

What really constitutes first grade readiness in a child?This much-requested collection of previously published and new material contains a comprehensive answer to this question. Experienced teachers, doctors, and therapists give guidance in many aspects that help in determining first grade readiness.

Contents:

Foreword

Part One

• Reflections on First Grade Readiness - Nancy Blanning
• First Grade Readiness - Joan Almon
• Some Guidelines for First Grade Readiness - Nancy Foster
• School Readiness: A School Doctor's Perspective - BettinaLohn, MSc
• What are the signs that my child is ready for school? - Michaela Glöckler, MD and Wolfgang Goebel, MD
• The Transition to Elementary School Learning: When is the right time?
• School Entry and the Consolidation of Developmental Processes - Audrey E McAllen
• The Development of Memory and the Transformation of Play - Louise deForest
• Creating Partnerships with Parents in First Grade Readiness Decisions - Ruth Ker
• Carrying the Transition to First Grade - Janet Klaar
• A Transition Group at the Edinburgh Steiner School - Melissa Borden
• Building the Bridge to the First Grade: How a Class Teacher Can Lead Children Gently into the Grade School - Kim Holscher
• The Lowering of School Age and the Changes in Childhood: An Interim Report - Claudia McKeen, MD; Rainer Patzlaff; Martyn Rawson

Part Two

Introduction

• Developing Our Observation Skills for Understanding First Grade Readiness - Ruth Ker
• First Grade Readiness Observation Form
• The Red Queen: A First Grade Assessment Story - Valerie Poplawski, Celia Riahi, and Randi Stein
• First Grade Readiness Observation Form
• The Red Queen Materials List
• Reverence List for The Red Queen
• A Therapeutic Educator's Approach: Keeping It Imaginative and Playfully Objective - Nancy Blanning
• First Grade Readiness Observation Form
• Equipment List
• Activities to Support Healthy Sensory Development
• Observation Forms for the Documentation of Development and Learning
• Observation Form for Early Childhood Educators
• Contributors