That Early Childhood Nerd, Heather Bernt-Santy, host of That Early Childhood Nerd podcast, was kind enough to put together her list of Life Changing Books. Heather shares, “I read these books for professional development, and found myself changed personally as well.“
Here they are in no particular order–click a title to learn more about the book:
The Visionary Director, Second Edition: A Handbook for Dreaming, Organizing, and Improvising in Your Center
Prime Times, 2nd Ed: A Handbook for Excellence in Infant and Toddler Programs
by Jim Greenman
Places for Childhoods: Making Quality Happen in the Real World
by Jim Greenman
Women’s Ways of Knowing: The Development of Self, Voice, and Mind
by Mary Field Belenky
Education for a civil society : How Guidance Teaches Young Children Democratic Life Skills
by Dan Gartrell
Training Teachers: A Harvest of Theory and Practice
by Margie Carter and Deb Curtis
More Things to Do with Toddlers and Twos
by Karen Miller
What You Need to Lead: An Early Childhood Program- Emotional Intelligence in Practice
by
Infants, Toddlers, and Caregivers: A Curriculum of Respectful, Responsive, Relationship-Based Care and Education
by and
Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community
by Alfie Kohn
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