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Blue, Gladys F. – Childhood Education, 1986
Reviews literature focusing on six aspects of pet-person relationships that are most relevant to the growing child. Areas include love, attachment, and comfort; sensorimotor and nonverbal learning; responsibility, nurturance, and competence; learning about the life cycle; therapeutic benefits; and nurturing humaness, ecological awareness, and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Responsibility, Children, Early Childhood Education
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Slobodzian, Kurt A.; Antes, Sally E. – Childhood Education, 1981
Advocates a sensory approach, involving care for plants and animals, to help children understand the nature of life and death. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Death, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Education