Home, School, & Community Relations - Softcover

Carol Gestwicki was an instructor in the early childhood education program at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, North Carolina, for over 30 years. Her teaching responsibilities have included supervising students in classroom situations as they work with families. Earlier in her career, she worked with children and families in a variety of community agencies and schools in Toronto, New York, New Jersey, and Namibia (South West Africa). She received her MA from Drew University. She has been an active member of the NAEYC for many years, including making numerous presentations at state and national conferences. She has been a Fellow in the Early Childhood Leadership Development Project at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and she has been associated with the T.E.A.C.H. Model/Mentor program. Her other publications include more than two dozen articles about child development and family issues and scripts and design for 14 audiovisual instructional programs. She has three other books on topics in early education published by Delmar Learning: Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Curriculum and Development in Early Education, Fifth edition (2013); Essentials of Early Education (1997); and Authentic Childhood: Exploring Reggio Emilia in the Classroom (2002). Currently, she writes a regular column titled "Grandma Says" for Growing Child.

Carol Gestwicki is an author that writes with the student in mind. Her style is in a manner which students can gain a firm understanding of concepts. The use of the relevant examples to further explain concepts gives the students more realistic perceptions. The use of the Ashley and Lawrence families throughout the text sets examples of families and how texts concepts apply to these two diverse families.

I am really hoping that we can use it starting in the fall. I am going to recommend this text because it offers information that matches the objectives of the course and it is a very reader friendly book.

...I really like the very complete focus on teacher/parent/school/child relationship building in this text.

With regards to children's behavior, it goes beyond many of the texts that focus soley on classroom behavior management and/or child guidance. It does introduce and goes in-depth into important behavioral concepts and principles

Gestwicki's book is nice for our online students because it covers topics in a depth that enables the student to comprehend the topic without the aid of the instructor.