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School Readiness Begins At Home, Not The Same For Everyone, Kay Hyatt
School Readiness Begins At Home, Not The Same For Everyone, Kay Hyatt
General University of Maine Publications
A child's perceived readiness for school is locally based and varies in accordance with community culture, resources and expectations, according to a University of Maine researcher, who says preschool screening should be an instructional starting point for a teacher, not a placement tool to label children or keep them out of kindergarten.
Graduate Students Learn From, Give Back To Area Schools, Kay Hyatt
Graduate Students Learn From, Give Back To Area Schools, Kay Hyatt
General University of Maine Publications
Students in the University of Maine's Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program have spent much of the past year working with classroom teachers in three area communities They brought new ideas and varied experiences to schools in Old Town, Brewer and Orono. They also offered a rare commodity in busy public schools -- the time and resources to do research and evaluations and to develop new programs and materials.
Expanded Little Books Series Designed For Preschoolers, Kay Hyatt
Expanded Little Books Series Designed For Preschoolers, Kay Hyatt
General University of Maine Publications
The Little Books are back in a Big way. The popular series of small books for beginning readers, produced by the Center for Early Literacy at the University of Maine, is now available in a new form geared for use in preschools.