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Teaching Four-Year-Olds
November 3, 2010
Don't praise your furnace when the house is cold.
-Russian proverb
In 1988 Carol Hillman published, Teaching Four-Year-Olds: A Personal Journey.  When we saw this book, we fell in love with it because it so beautifully talked about the lives of children and adults in early childhood programs.  When Carol approached us two decades later to publish an updated version of this book, we jumped at the chance .... and today this book is ready for you to enjoy.  To give you a flavor of the tone of the book, here is an excerpt from the first chapter, "The Hidden Curriculum"....

"When someone asks me what I do, and I answer that I am a teacher of four-year-olds.  I sometimes get the response, 'What on earth can you teach them?'  Many years ago, I would have answered by describing some of the science projects or the work with art materials, I did with children.  Now it is different. I feel more secure in my own position.  I tell them what I really do.  I teach children about the world they live in, about themselves, and their peers.  And I teach children about adults, trust, and love.  I work with attitudes.  I hope to inspire a love of learning.  This is what I teach."




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Comments (4)

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Nirmal Kumar Ghosh · November 19, 2010
Shishu Vikash Kendra
Kolkata, West Bengal, India


It is the golden time of human life .

Carol · November 03, 2010
Dutchess Community Collge
Poughkeepsie, NY, United States


YES! Great book! We need more people to talk about what it means to teach 3 and 4 year olds. Especially with some of the curriculums that are being pushed in universal-preK. I want to say over and over again, We are teaching 3 and 4 year olds - this is an amazing wonderful time of life. We are not teaching 5 and 6 year olds. 6 to 12 months of growth and develoment represents huge differences in young children - teaching preschool is not teaching kindergarten. We need to keep talking about how different and unique 4 year olds are - we need to let our work reflect our understanding of this special phase of human development.

Carolyn Iwata · November 03, 2010
retired
Baltimore, State, United States


This is so true of all ages we work with.

Judi Pack · November 03, 2010
United States


Another nice response to "What do you do?" is at:
http://www.democraticeducation.com/2010/10/22/three-year-olds/



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