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Moyer, Joan; And Others – Childhood Education, 1987
Position paper argues in favor of developmentally appropriate kindergarten programs. Paper examines program goals and content, and provides suggestions about learning environment, curriculum, and staff. Includes statements concerning purpose of kindergarten, importance of play in learning, and need for program support. (PCB)
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Holistic Approach, Kindergarten
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Tovey, Duane R.; And Others – Childhood Education, 1988
Offers teachers and parents practical suggestions for helping children to begin reading naturally. Looks at specific strategies for helping young children to learn to read, particularly a built-in success procedure emphasizing nonvisual aspects of reading. (RWB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary School Students, Emergent Literacy, Language Processing
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Jalongo, Mary Renck; Zeigler, Sally – Childhood Education, 1987
Discusses some of the theoretical and practical issues concerning initial writing instruction in kindergarten and first grade. (BB)
Descriptors: Grade 1, Kindergarten Children, Primary Education, Program Implementation
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Hoot, James L. – Childhood Education, 1986
Addresses issues concerning (computer) keyboarding instruction in an attempt to determine if the teaching of such skills to kindergarten and primary grade students should be considered a "must" in the early childhood curriculum or if such practices might have some drawbacks. (BB)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Technology, Keyboarding (Data Entry), Kindergarten Children
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Carver, Nancy K. – Childhood Education, 1986
Argues that structured reading programs, workbook pages, and drills do not alone provide an adequate basis for beginning reading instruction and suggests that experiences, knowledge, and other environmental factors ensure success in reading. (HOD)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development, Early Experience
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Raines, Shirley C. – Childhood Education, 1986
Shares the experiences of a teacher educator who, upon teaching language arts every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon for a year, observed numerous reading and writing language experiences. (HOD)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Language Acquisition, Language Arts, Literacy
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Hammond, Carolyn Hall – Childhood Education, 1986
Contrasts a child not ready for school with a child who is developmentally prepared to enter school and argues that if all school systems could administer and interpret the results of a developmental examination, the number of unhappy children, special needs children, and grade overplaced children would be greatly reduced. (HOD)
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Comparative Analysis
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Halpern, Ann; Todd, Jo-Marcia – Childhood Education, 1983
A teacher of children with multiple handicaps and the mother of a child in the class describe changes made as they worked together to create a more open and child-centered classroom. (RH)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Multiple Disabilities, Open Education, Parent Teacher Cooperation
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Dixon, Glen T. – Childhood Education, 1982
Reports impressions about the current context of education for children in the Yukon as well as some unusual aspects of teaching in this harsh northern climate. Problems of evaluating education in the Yukon are briefly indicated. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Environment, Educational Needs, Foreign Countries
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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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Hallum, Rosemary; Newhart, Edith Hom – Childhood Education, 1980
An interview with Hap Palmer, one of the biggest-selling educational recording artists in the U.S., Europe, Japan, Mexico, and Australia. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Educational Media, Interviews, Music Activities, Musicians
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Patton, Mary Martin; Mercer, Jennifer – Childhood Education, 1996
Notes the differences between kindergarten and first grade in terms of children's learning styles and curriculum. Points out that play can be useful in kindergarten and also first-grade classrooms. Suggests the use of child-initiated learning centers to provide age-appropriate and individually appropriate activities. Gives examples of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Curriculum Design, Educational Environment
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Kemple, Kristen M.; Johnson, Cindy A. – Childhood Education, 2002
Proposes using illustrated fictional literature to promote in young children aesthetic appreciation of human creations and the natural environment. Defines aesthetics and recommends both "good" stories and books with vicarious encounters as two useful categories of stories with moral reasoning accessible to primary grade children. Offers three…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Aesthetic Values, Aesthetics, Childrens Literature
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Williams, Leslie R. – Childhood Education, 1989
Maintains that full-day kindergarten programs can derive at least part of their curriculum from the diverse gifts of social and cultural knowledge that children bring to the classroom. Includes a description of a kindergarten class that explored the topic of grandparents. (BB)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development, Grandparents, Kindergarten
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Freeman, Evelyn B.; Hatch, J. Amos – Childhood Education, 1989
Describes the assumptions and principles of emergent literacy and establishes the need to reconceptualize kindergarten practice in the area of literacy education. Conclusions drawn from a series of studies of current kindergarten practice in a large midwestern state are considered. (BB)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Innovation, Educational Practices, Emergent Literacy
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