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Communicating with Parents about Beginning Reading Instruction.
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Ross, Dorene D.; Bondy, Elizabeth – Childhood Education, 1987
Provides answers to questions commonly asked by parents concerning beginning reading instruction. Emphasizes the development of oral language competence, and reading and writing for meaning, rather than formal instruction, and drill in reading skills. (PCB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Childhood Education, Parent Materials, Parent Participation
Guidelines for Facilitating Sociodramatic Play.
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Woodard, Carol Young – Childhood Education, 1984
Descriptors: Child Development, Dramatic Play, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment
Parent Involvement in Reading: Surface or Meaningful?
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Criscuolo, Nicholas P. – Childhood Education, 1984
Distinguishes between surface and meaningful parent involvement in reading. Describes six situations that meaningfully involve parents in school: (1) parent learning stations, (2) newspaper activities, (3) a parent talent bank, (4) "thin-book" reading from "cut up books," (5) parent activity sheets, and (6) a parent recreation room. (BJD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Learning Experience, Parent Influence
For Parents Particularly. The New Immigrants: Enriching or Frustrating Additions to American Communities?
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Vernon, Libby – Childhood Education, 1983
Indicates several ways immigrant families can participate and aid in the education of their children. (RH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Immigrants, Noninstructional Responsibility
Parents and Teachers: A Partnership.
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Suchara, Helen T. – Childhood Education, 1982
Presents guidelines for school district personnel, school principals, and teachers who want to build and sustain an alliance with the parents of children in their schools. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Early Childhood Education, Guidelines, Noninstructional Responsibility
Parents, Teachers and the Legislative Process--Texas Style!
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White, Jo Ann; Vernon, Libby – Childhood Education, 1979
Uses the authors' experiences in Texas to suggest some strategies that teachers and parents can use to affect the state legislative process. (MP)
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Childhood Needs, Guides, Parent Participation
Physically Challenged Students: Inclusion Classrooms.
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Knight, Diane; Wadsworth, Donna – Childhood Education, 1993
Provides suggestions for preschool, elementary, and middle grade teachers on mainstreaming students with physical and medical difficulties. Suggestions focus on parent involvement, peer interaction, environment and training considerations, and instructional adaptations. Discusses topics, such as emergency care plans, that relate to making the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education