Young Learners, Diverse Children: Celebrating Diversity in Early Childhood

Nurture young children's self-esteem and boost learning by integrating family culture with instruction

Emphasizing how connecting instruction with children's backgrounds increases learners' confidence and fosters a supportive learning environment, this book helps teachers improve outcomes for diverse and low socioeconomic status (SES) students. Drawing on field-tested methods, the author merges cognition, language, and culture and presents lesson plans, classroom-based alternative assessment tools, and best practices to help readers:

Improve literacy through storytelling that reflects students' lives Collaborate with parents to increase student achievement Correlate curriculum with TESOL standards for young children Integrate academic standards across developmental levels

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412968143
• ISBN13: 9781412968140
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Corwin Publishers
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.9"