In Possible Schools, Ann Lewin-Benham showed us that we can create schools that engage the minds of children and involve parents. In this book, she describes projects in a school that successfully adapted the Reggio Approach with Head Start-eligible children. She explains how to use the Reggio Approach to address current major concerns in early education, including helping children become self-disciplined, making sure children are ready for 1st grade, assessing children's progress, and laying a foundation for literacy. Presenting a multitude of examples of excellent preschool practice, this dynamic book:

• Introduces the concept of "significant work" that draws deeply on young children's innate intelligences.
• Provides teachers with an opportunity to reflect on what they know and understand about young children.
• Illustrates how teachers can make changes in their classrooms to expand and improve learning.
• Describes robust activities from an urban preschool, including how each project relates to a particular teaching principle.
• Suggests more clearly defined standards and lays out policy implications for each.