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Pinto, Luís Manuel – Childhood Education, 2020
A moon exploration is one example of what Jasmine, and other children in the experimental township of Auroville in India, experience on a regular basis--the Auroville equivalent of a physical education class. It is one of the practices in Awareness Through the Body (ATB), which is described by its creators as "a comprehensive curriculum of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Human Body, Learning Activities
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Zeichner, Gwen – Childhood Education, 1975
Discusses the use of natural materials to enrich the learning of hospitalized, emotionally disturbed children. (SDH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Creativity, Ecology, Emotional Disturbances
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Isenberg, Joan P.; Jacobs, Judith E. – Childhood Education, 1981
Advocates the use of classification activities in the elementary school curriculum as a means of developing thinking skills in children. Critical preclassification skills, classification activities (including simple and multiple classification), and classification tasks and materials are discussed. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Penrose, William O. – Childhood Education, 1980
Contends that the teaching of mathematics permits expansion of the personality and furthers development of intellecutual independence. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Discovery Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
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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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Gilstrap, Robert L.; Evens, Doris – Childhood Education, 1996
Supports the return of folktales to school curriculum. Provides a list of suggested activities as well as a dozen popular national and international folktale books for use in the middle grades. Claims that folktales can be used to master content-rich material in the middle grades and allow students to explore relationships with their own culture…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cultural Education, Curriculum Design, Folk Culture
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Heuwinkel, Mary K. – Childhood Education, 1996
Discusses the principles of teaching that can help students to be actively, purposefully engaged in their learning. Describes current innovations in reading, language arts, and mathematics education. Introduces the constructivist principles and teaching practices that can facilitate implementation of current instruction innovations. (MOK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Critical Thinking, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
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Maxim, George W. – Childhood Education, 1997
Describes a kindergarten/first-grade and a second-grade program for teaching map reading skills. Suggests that map- reading instruction is required to improve children's geography knowledge. Provides ideas on how to observe the environment, use photos, encourage block play, use books, share maps, construct a model of the classroom, read cardinal…
Descriptors: Cartography, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
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Trostle, Susan L.; Cohen, Stewart J. – Childhood Education, 1989
Examines the use of Honig's 12 tasks of early childhood learning in conjunction with a varied curriculum to enhance children's interest in and acquisition of information about dinosaurs. (BB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Guides