TY - BOOK AU - Howell,Jacky AU - Reinhard,Kimberly TI - Rituals and traditions: fostering a sense of community in preschool T2 - NAEYC SN - 1938113160 PY - 2015///] CY - Washington, DC PB - National Association for the Education of Young Children KW - Learning KW - Social aspects KW - Early childhood education KW - Activity programs KW - United States KW - Education, Preschool KW - Preschool children KW - Social life and customs KW - Manners and customs KW - Illustrated works KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Foreword / Michael Leeman, with Bev Bos -- Introduction -- Creating community with rituals and traditions -- Transforming daily routines into meaningful and intentional rituals -- Transforming weekly and monthly routines into meaningful and international rituals -- Creating yearly traditions -- Creating your own rituals and traditions N2 - The information in this book answers the questions of why rituals and traditions are important and how teachers can incorporate them into their daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly plans to create a supportive, caring community ER -