Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Ladies and Gentlemen, It's a Book!

After 28  months, my new book Monday Memo: Creating Change in Early Childhood Education, One Message at a Time, is finally complete!  And man, this thing is really cool!

My wonderful publisher, Rocking R Ventures has charged me with the challenge of posting excerpts from the book on a regular basis.  Today I start with the cover.  Maybe tomorrow you'll get the acknowledgements. :)
 



Monday Memo is the story of a year in the life of a preschool director as she struggles to move her new school from their “teacher-directed-thirty-minute-circle-time-everybody-listen-do-as-I-say-letter-of-the-week-craft-and-worksheet” approach to one that uses developmentally appropriate practice and views the child  as competent and capable.  The  challenges she faces are the same as yours: teachers who are not on board, parents who are trying to understand the change, and, of course, the typical day to day firefighting just to keep her school running.   Written solely in letters: to the teachers, the parents, friends and family, Monday Memo offers  insight into a director’s struggles, and models responses that foster change.  Fun and relevant...You’ll refer to this book over and over .


Pretty cool, right?  Told ya!

Do me a favor and share this post with a friend.  Let's make Monday Memo              so popular that Ellen DeGeneres has no choice but to bring me on her show.  I've been practicing my dance moves all summer for this.   I'm ready!

 

 




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