1st Edition
Children Starting School A Guide to Successful Transitions and Transfers for Teachers and Assistants
By Hilary Fabian
Copyright 2002
160 Pages
by
David Fulton Publishers
160 Pages
by
David Fulton Publishers
160 Pages
by
David Fulton Publishers
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Drawing on research, theory and practice, this book presents ways in which practitioners, working in partnership with parents, can give children a successful start to school.
Written in an accessible style, the book helps early years practitioners planning transition programs for new children and offers ideas for developing their professional practice when working with families.... Read more
1. Introduction; Part I Planning for the Start of School; 2. Admission; 3. Marketing the school; 4. Expectations and preparations; Part II Preparing Schools for Children; 5. The role of the induction coordinator; 6. Transition activities; 7. The first day at school; Part III Preschools, Schools and Families Working Together; 8. Liaison between settings; 9. Early links between home and school; ch0010 Ongoing collaboration between home and school; Part IV Settling in to School; 11. Making sense of school; 12. Friendships and social well-being; 13. Self-esteem and emotional well-being; Part V Continuity during Transitions and Transfers; 14. Transitions and transfers: within-phase, cross-phase and pupil mobility; 15. Transfer and academic progress; 16. Monitoring and evaluating induction and transitions;
Biography
Authored by Fabian, Hilary
