Ready for School: Parents and Teachers in Partnership

by Maggie Wilson

How parents can help with early learning. The pre-school years can be crucial for a child's whole education and parents have great opportunities, at this time, to give children a good start. Maggie Wilson, parent and head of a Rutland school, has written this book to show how parents and teachers can be partners. She explains the importance of talk, story sharing and getting ready to read and write, and suggests plenty of enjoyable ways to develop skills with numbers, with arts and crafts, music and 'kitchen' science. Enjoyment is the keyword in each activity because the author believes that children will only learn when they feel happy and secure. Parents who are worried about how to choose a school, and who are wondering what will be expected of their child, will find here reassuring practical advice. Schools and parents are increasingly seeing the child s education as a collaborative enterprise. This books shows the many possibilities for making the partnership both enjoyable and instructive.

96 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1989