Eager to Learn: Educating Our Preschoolers

by Committee on Early Childhood Pedagogy, National Research Council, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

Clearly babies come into the world remarkably receptive to its wonders. Their alertness to sights, sounds, and even abstract concepts makes them inquisitive explorers?and learners?every waking minute. Well before formal schooling begins, children's early experiences lay the foundations for their later social behavior, emotional regulation, and literacy. Yet, for a variety of reasons, far too little attention is given to the quality of these crucial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309068363
• ISBN13: 9780309068369
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Eager To Learn

This book is instrumental in helping us to look at the preschool programming we already have and in guiding us in our growth. We have been looking for something that is steeped in research and practical in application. This is a rich book.

A Well-Written Compendum Of 50 Years Of EC Research

The free, available executive summary gives a nice introductory to his books bursting at the seems with research information from the most notable names in early childhood education. It may not apply too much to classroom teachers, but it will greatly help higher education scholars.