Teaching Kindergarten: A Developmentally Appropriate Approach

This book gives a great overview of the typical kindergarten classroom and what to expect. It gives great organization techniques that are useful and easy to start right away. Even though this book is meant for a program the authors are selling, a teacher can still use the ideas. The book is broken into five chapters. The first is about the history of kindergarten. The second is about getting organized. Chapter three is Daily Routines. Chapter four is about specific subjects in the curriculum. Finally, the last chapter is Evaluation and offers some useful basic rubrics. This book helps new teachers get organized and know what to expect as a new teacher of kindergarten. It can be used as guideline.