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Simmons, Barbara; Brewer, JoAnn – Childhood Education, 1985
Addresses typical questions raised by parents regarding early childhood education. References are provided for parents who want further information. (AS)
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
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Kostelnik, Marjorie J.; And Others – Childhood Education, 1988
Maintains that the manner in which adult participants in early childhood programs create the verbal environment in the classroom dictates children's estimation of self-worth. Presents the characteristics of negative and positive verbal environments, the importance of a positive verbal environment, and steps for establishing a positive verbal…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Early Childhood Education
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Byrnes, Deborah A. – Childhood Education, 1987
Addresses the issues of the nature of physical attractiveness stereotypes, the root of aesthetic discrimination, and ways in which teachers can help children to accept one another without consideration of physical appearance. (BB)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Class Activities, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
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Geismar-Ryan, Lori – Childhood Education, 1986
Maintains that infants two years of age and younger do direct social behavior toward one another. Adults play an important role in young children's social development. Developing strategies and planning peer experiences for infants become a teacher's responsibility. Recognizing differential influence of varying toys may be useful for such…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Development, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
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Tompkins, Gail E.; Tway, Eileen – Childhood Education, 1985
Provides an annotated book list for use by elementary school teachers. Emphasizes children's involvement in word play and word games as a means to strengthen the language arts program. Specific areas covered include word play and word games, riddles, jokes, rhymes and verse, sounds and words, and word histories. (DST)
Descriptors: Children, Childrens Games, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education
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Lewis, Karen Elaine – Childhood Education, 1985
Discusses students' inability to make the connection between manipulative materials and pencil-and-paper calculations in mathematics instruction. Outlines the development of mathematical ideas through the concrete, representational, and abstract phases of instruction. An annotated bibliography listing teacher resources for representational-level…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Children, Computation, Elementary Education
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McNay, Margaret – Childhood Education, 1985
Discusses the value of preserving wonder and curiosity as part of a child's intellectual growth and experience in elementary school science. Practical steps for handling students' wonder questions are identified, including children's knowledge, speculation and hypothesis, identification of possible inquiry methods, research, and sharing new…
Descriptors: Children, Curiosity, Discovery Processes, Discussion
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Ludowise, Kathleen Duck – Childhood Education, 1985
Describes 10 activities teachers can use to introduce music and movement which foster individual creative expression. The movement in each activity, ordered by level of difficulty, focuses elementary-age students' attention on one of three specific musical concepts: steady beat, tempo, and meter. (DST)
Descriptors: Children, Creative Expression, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
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Warner, Laverne – Childhood Education, 1982
Suggests music activities for preschool and kindergarten classes that are especially suited for the nonmusical teacher. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten Children, Music Activities, Teacher Role
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Cataldo, Christine Z. – Childhood Education, 1982
Discusses strategies used in conducting an educational program for infants and toddlers. Purposes of infant and toddler education and differences in infant versus preschool programing are discussed. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Strategies, Infants
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Van Camp, Sara S. – Childhood Education, 1982
Suggests that kindergarten teachers should once a week bring to class a news photograph which they can discuss with the children. Such an exercise can be used to create among the children a wider awareness of the world and to counter their tendency to focus exclusively on the self. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Egocentrism, Kindergarten, Primary Education
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Whitfield, Edie L.; Freeland, Kent – Childhood Education, 1981
Stresses the importance of teacher awareness in helping children cope with divorce. Curriculum activities which present different life-styles and situations are suggested. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Children, Course Content, Divorce, Elementary Education
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Van Camp, Sarah S. – Childhood Education, 1981
Advocates a social relationship approach as the most appropriate way for teaching social studies to 5-year-old children. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Young Children
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Stewig, John Warren – Childhood Education, 1981
Claims that choral reading of poetry can increase children's appreciation of poetry and extend their interpretive reading skills. Reasons to include such an approach in a curriculum are tied to child development theory. Attention is given to ways to plan such classroom activities. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Choral Speaking, Curriculum Design, Elementary Education, Poetry
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Nelson, Murry R. – Childhood Education, 1980
Describes the essential goals of the justice education movement, implications for early childhood education, and curriculum content. Curriculum focuses on the importance of rules and their connection to laws. Activities to illustrate this connection are suggested. Law-related community resources are identified. (DB)
Descriptors: Community Resources, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Laws