Kindergarten It Isn't What It Used to Be: Getting Your Child Ready for the Positive Experience of Education

by Susan K. Golant, Mitch Golant

The path to academic success begins with kindergarten,and this practical guide for parents identifies and assesses a child's kindergarten readiness. Getting off to a good start is an important step in giving children a positive attitude toward school and learning. Includes criteria for evaluating a good kindergarten program,explains how to help your child cope with the transition from home to school,and gives pointers on how to identify a great kindergarten teacher.

Genres: Education

158 pages, Hardcover

First published March 28, 1991

About the author

I have been writing nonfiction books alone and with others since 1982 and have more than 40 books to my credit. I am a book collaborator, co-author, book doctor, ghostwriter, editor, and/or writing coach. My specialties: psychology, health and medical breakthroughs, diet, women’s advancement, business, spirituality, and parenting. Most are self-help books written with an eye toward improving society.

My love of writing has spawned a career rich in experience and learning including, most recently, The 30-Day Heart Tune-Up: A Breakthrough Medical Plan to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease(Center Street, 2014) with Steven Masley, MD; Within Our Reach: Ending the Mental Health Crisis, my third book collaboration with former First Lady Rosalynn Carter; the award-winning Alzheimer’s Project: Momentum in Science, based on the acclaimed HBO documentary series; and Ten Years Younger, a diet, exercise, and lifestyle book. I help new and seasoned authors develop book proposals and sell their books. Publishers and agents call me to salvage books that are in trouble. I am a coach and cheerleader for others’ careers. I have taught at UCLA’s Writers’ Program for nearly 20 years and have become what some partners call a literary midwife – helping authors give birth to their books.

Reviews

[Jostalady · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a very nice summary of the new kindergarten. I was taken aback when I toured a kindergarten class in March and the writing homework that was on the tables looked like what I think of as second grade work. I am so glad this book was available to catch me up on the changes in the last 20 years.