Before the ABCs: Promoting School Readiness in Infants and Toddlers

Increasingly, the goal of ensuring that all children are "ready for school" has become a national priority. Preparing children for school requres two equally important sets of skills: the social emotional skills necessary to communicate, cooperate, and cope with challenges and the cognitive skills that provide children with specific subject-based knowledge. 

Before the ABCs examines the important role that cognitive and social-emotional skills play in preparing children for school and helps infant-family program staff to understand the many ways that they can support the development of school readiness in very young children.

Includes: Booklet, 25 pages
Copyright: 2003
Written By: Rebecca Parlakian, Zero to Three National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families