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Oda, Yutaka; Mari, Mori – Childhood Education, 2006
Many education critics, teachers, and parents have lamented the recent poor achievement scores of Japanese school-age children, and have sought the reasons for the decline. Some critics, including the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, and Science and Technology, blame the practice known as yutori-kyoiku (literally translated as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational History
Tang, Fengling – Childhood Education, 2006
The Chinese view of the child is in the process of changing from the dependent child of traditional Chinese society to the child as an active learner in contemporary China. The view of the child as an active learner forces early childhood practitioners to rethink the features of the child's learning and development, individuality, and needs and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Role, Teaching Methods, Kindergarten
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Batel, Virginia B. – Childhood Education, 2005
A small, but perhaps not so unusual, miracle is happening in one of the poorest elementary schools in Charleston County, South Carolina. Two kindergarten teachers at Mary Ford Elementary School, with the help of the school's art teacher and a kindergarten specialist, have effectively combined a focus on art with daily read-alouds and the use of…
Descriptors: Fine Arts, Preservice Teacher Education, Literacy Education, Integrated Curriculum
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Manning, Maryann; Underbakke, Clark – Childhood Education, 2005
Over the last 30 years, much has been learned about how children develop as spellers. During that time, the literary confidence of many kindergarten, 1st-, and 2nd-grade children has been damaged by insisting they use conventional spelling when, in their thinking, it is impossible to understand how words can be spelled conventionally. This article…
Descriptors: Written Language, Teaching Methods, Kindergarten, Word Lists
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Miller, Susan A. – Childhood Education, 2005
This article describes the author's experience when visiting her grandson's kindergarten classroom. The author is a parent, and at one time was a kindergarten teacher, program director, supervisor of student teachers, and consultant, so she's been involved for well over 40 years with a vast number of children as they have had their very special…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Motor Development, Emotional Development
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Maple, Ted L. – Childhood Education, 2005
Traditionally, early childhood educators address the gaping hole in their planning books under the "social studies" header by teaching a smattering of thematic units. Most early childhood educators now know the importance of planning experiences for social studies, or any other content area, that are integrated, meaningful, and of high interest.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Social Studies, Thematic Approach, Student Projects
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Hughes, Eileen; Forbes, Sue – Childhood Education, 2005
This article reviews varied types of relationships that were formed when a kindergarten class embarked on a study of the Native Alaskan art of carving. The public school kindergarten classroom, located in Anchorage, Alaska, drew from a community with a high population of Hispanic, African American, and Native Alaskan families with different…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Folk Culture, Art Education, Teaching Methods
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Chang, Cecilia Lingfen – Childhood Education, 2005
This article discusses the Atayal aboriginal kindergarten program in Taiwan, known as the Kui-whai kindergarten program. While teaching a course on "Designing Kindergarten Curriculum" at a teacher-training program in Taiwan, the author realized that she had seven aboriginal preservice teachers in her class; previously she had none. Those…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Culturally Relevant Education, Kindergarten
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Warren, Claudia; Hamlin, Kay – Childhood Education, 2005
In an attempt to meet the growing professional development needs of early childhood practitioners in North Carolina, Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) is reaching out to the rural areas of North Carolina by offering programs that will certify North Carolina teachers in birth through kindergarten education (BKE). In this article, the author…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Rural Areas, Children, Professional Development
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Grand, Carole; Gold, Rahla – Childhood Education, 1975
Examines the philosophy of traditional kindergarten education and presents parallels to the open classroom approach. Questions and paradoxes suggested by the parallels are discussed. (SDH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Childhood Needs, Early Childhood Education, Educational Objectives
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Bixby, Annabel A. – Childhood Education, 1978
Reports on the results of a survey of adult recollections of kindergarten and early school years, and the attitudes toward learning which developed in response to them. Adults surveyed were 20 pupils whom the author had taught in kindergarten 20 years before. (BR)
Descriptors: Adults, Childhood Attitudes, Educational Attitudes, Kindergarten
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Leeb-Lundberg, Kristina – Childhood Education, 1977
Traces the development and influence of Frobel's mathematics program for kindergarten-aged children. (JB)
Descriptors: Educational History, Guides, Kindergarten, Mathematics Curriculum
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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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Robinson, Sandra L. – Childhood Education, 1987
Results of a survey concerning the state of kindergarten program offerings in the United States are discussed in terms of the similarities, differences, purposes and practices in the programs. A summary table of survey data is provided. (BB)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Compulsory Education, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten
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Miller, Helen L. – Childhood Education, 1987
A kindergarten teacher relates her experiences of helping kindergarten children cope with their feelings and actions concerning death in their families. (BB)
Descriptors: Coping, Death, Early Childhood Education, Helping Relationship