Welcome to Step by Step: A Teacher's Survival Guide. This guide is for first-time teachers, home educators, parents, and others who would like to implement new ideas in a learning program. It offers practical tips and steps for helping you organize and manage your instructional program. The suggestions and activities in this book provide teacher-tested strategies to help you structure your learning environment before the students arrive. The book also provides easy-to-implement ideas to help you maintain an efficiently structured environment once the children are there. The symbols at the right will help you identify various types of activities. Remember, you can adapt any suggestion to your specific needs. 作者简介: Sally Palow motivated children in the classroom for sixteen years before beginning her career as an educational writer and product developer. In addition to creating instructional materials, Sally regularly presents educational workshops to parents and teachers.