Ann Lewin-Benham was born in 1939 in Quincy, MA into a family of strong women and determined men. Her mother acted in the early days of one-person theater and her father was in merchandising. She grew up in Manhattan and upstate New York and graduated from Bryn Mawr College. She first worked for a small welfare department in rural North Carolina. The birth of her son Danny in 1961 spurred her interest in education. When Danny was 3, her search for a preschool led her to a Montessori school where she became the Administrator, then trained and taught as a Montessori teacher. Since the mid-1960s, she has been teacher, teacher educator, school founder, and children’s museum pioneer. Recently she became an author.
Infants and Toddlers at Work
Using Reggio-Inspired Material to Support Brain DevelopmentAuthor(s): Ann Lewin-Benham (click on the author's name for more titles)
This book contains a wealth of practical and specific activities and materials to use with infants and toddlers to enhance growth and development. Writing in the accessible style that her readers appreciate, Ann Lewin-Benham looks at current research from the neurosciences to show what teachers and childcare providers can do with very young children.
RRP $62.95
Powerful Children
Understanding How to Teach and Learn Using the Reggio ApproachAuthor(s): Ann Lewin-Benham (click on the author's name for more titles)
In Powerful Children, the author describes projects in a school that successfully adapted the Reggio Emilia Approach with disadvantaged children. She explains how to use the Reggio Emilia Approach to address current major concerns in early education, including helping children become self-disciplined, making sure children are ready for school, assessing childrens progress, and laying a foundation for literacy.
RRP $62.95
Twelve Best Practices for Early Childhood Education
Integrating Reggio and Other Inspired ApproachesAuthor(s): Ann Lewin-Benham (click on the author's name for more titles)
Written in the accessible style that her readers appreciate, this book expands on Lewin-Benham’s earlier works by showing the foundations for teachers to practice the Reggio Approach in their own settings. It introduces several new techniques: fostering language skills through Meaningful Conversation, designing inspiring environments, switching from a scheduled to an Open Flow day, using materials to build brain networks and stimulate Significant Work, and much more.
RRP $71.95
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