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Nurturing Literacy with Infants and Toddlers in Group Settings.
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Soundy, Cathleen S. – Childhood Education, 1997
Offers suggestions to caregivers for creating successful literacy experiences for infants and toddlers in all types of group settings. Explores research on parental behavior during book-reading experiences and provides guidelines for caregivers. Also offers advice on designing a center's physical environment and selecting children's books. (EV)
Descriptors: Books, Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role, Childrens Literature
Multicultural Education in Infant and Toddler Settings.
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Whaley, Kimberlee; Swadener, Elizabeth Blue – Childhood Education, 1990
Discusses the developmental appropriateness of implementing multicultural education in infant and toddler programs. Suggests ways to help bring multicultural education into the infant and toddler classroom. (BB)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Cultural Differences, Day Care, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Strategies for Encouraging Peer Interactions in Infant/Toddler Programs.
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Hagens, Helen E. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 1997
Suggests strategies for caregivers to encourage peer interactions in infant/toddler programs. Strategies include helping children become familiar with surroundings and one another, maintaining social groups and friendships, varying the number and types of toys available at one time, controlling the number of children in a particular space, and…
Descriptors: Caregiver Role, Day Care, Infant Care, Infants
Choice: A Powerful Tool in Caring for Toddlers.
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Pavia, Louise S.; Da Ros, Denise – Early Childhood Education Journal, 1997
Discusses how providing developmentally appropriate choices to toddlers can prevent conflicts during caregiving tasks and daily routines in child care settings. Emphasizes maintaining a balance between children's needs and adult issues of time and space. Notes the importance of examining one's feelings and values to increase awareness of one's…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Day Care, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Infant Behavior
Autonomy at Mealtime: Building Healthy Food Preferences and Eating Behaviors in Young Children.
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Mogharreban, Catherine; Nahikian-Nelms, Marcia – Early Childhood Education Journal, 1996
Explores family-style meal service as a means to building autonomy and healthy eating behaviors in young children. Discusses the development of food preferences, age-related developmental responses to food, and the importance of socially mediated exposure to food as a way to increased food acceptance. Presents guidelines for implementing…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Caregiver Role, Child Behavior, Day Care
Becoming Family Literacy Advocates in Early Childhood Programs.
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Wolter, Deborah L. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 1995
Offers three keys to becoming sensitive family literacy advocates in early childhood programs. Notes that strengths and abilities of children and their families should be emphasized, regardless of the family's current literacy levels or educational priorities. (ET)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy
Supporting Parents with Two Essential Understandings: Attachment and Brain Development.
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Berger, Eugenia Hepworth – Early Childhood Education Journal, 1999
Readiness to learn is a constant state. Two critical aspects of early childhood provide parents sufficient understanding of their child's development: attachment and brain development. Children develop attachments to caregivers but need consistent parental care and love. Human brains continue to quickly grow during the first two years of life.…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Brain, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Development