Yardsticks: Children in the Classroom Ages 4-14

Written with warmth and humor, Yardsticks offers clear descriptions of children's development. This comprehensive, user-friendly reference helps teachers and administrators use knowledge of child development to shape classrooms and schools where all children can succeed.

For each age, this book includes:

• Narrative description of developmental traits
• Charts summarizing physical, social, language, and cognitive growth patterns
• Suggestions for curricular areas: reading, writing, mathematics, and thematic units
• Favorite books for different ages.

What's new in the third edition:

• A new, brief overview of issues in the development of bilingualism and biliteracy among Latino/Hispanic children
• A new appendix on the "birthday cluster exercise" for applying the information in the book to working with a whole class of students
• An updated list of recommended children's books
• An updated list of recommended resources for teachers and parents.

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