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Huertas-Abril, Cristina A., Ed.; Gómez-Parra, María Elena, Ed. – IGI Global, 2018
Around the world, school districts and institutions are exploring ways to provide quality education to their students. With this, there is a deeper need for multiculturalism in classrooms, as many students are from varying cultures and speak different languages. "Early Childhood Education from an Intercultural and Bilingual Perspective"…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Bilingual Education, Multicultural Education, Classroom Techniques
Curtis, Deb; Jaboneta, Nadia – Redleaf Press, 2019
Teachers often see repetitive behaviors in toddler and preschool classrooms, such as building and knocking down block towers or dumping out toys. When children do these actions over and over it can be frustrating to teachers and parents, but viewing these actions through the lens of schema theory helps us understand what's really going on in…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Repetition, Schemata (Cognition), Learning Processes
Sylwester, Robert – Corwin, 2010
The author has written this latest volume to help parents and educators understand children's cognitive development and provide suggestions on how to nurture children to their full potential. A companion to "The Adolescent Brain", this rich resource: (1) Examines the neurobiology of childhood, explaining the body/brain systems that develop during…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Child Health, Intelligence Quotient, Information Technology
Catalino, Tricia, Ed.; Meyer, Lori E., Ed. – Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children, 2016
Environment is an essential area of attention for practitioners who support young children with disabilities and their families. Decisions about the environment impact the quality of care and education for young children with disabilities showing measurable influence on expected outcomes. Environment impacts true access, quality participation, and…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Educational Environment, Assistive Technology
Quilitch, H. Robert – 1974
If a toy is classed as "educational," some demonstrable educational outcome ought to result from playing with it. Formerly, games and toys designated as "educational" were often strategies for painlessly imparting school subjects to children. Today, "developmental skills" or "readiness experiences" are typical objectives of many of the toys on the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childrens Games, Educational Games, Evaluation
Sutton-Smith, Brian – 1986
This interpretive book explores some of the contexts in modern American society within which toys seem to be very important and discusses some of the conflicting interpretations regarding those contexts. Part I, which concerns the toy in the family, discusses the toy as bond and obligation, as solitariness, and as consolation. Part II discusses…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cultural Context, Economic Factors, Family Relationship
Tuchscherer, Pamela – 1988
This book, which provides information parents can use to counter violent television programing, alerts parents to the fact that television programing in the United States is pushing violent entertainment to its technological limits and allowing children to interact with the programing through their toys. The nine chapters in Part I discuss the way…
Descriptors: Aggression, Community Action, Intervention, Parent Role
Baby and Toddler Learning Fun: 50 Interactive and Developmental Activities To Enjoy with Your Child.
Goldberg, Sally – 2001
Based on the view that almost every interaction a parent has with an infant is an opportunity to help the baby learn more about the world, this book provides parents with simple and effective ways to enrich their infant's environment and to boost their childs language, motor, and social skills. Introductory remarks describe the learning areas…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Child Development, Enrichment Activities, Family Environment
Markun, Patricia Maloney, Ed. – 1974
This collection of articles presents ideas about the value of children's play and suggests practical ways to implement good play experiences and select appropriate play materials. Articles examine play as an agent of social values, play and thinking, play and child development, the environmental opportunities for play factors that can destroy the…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Emotional Development
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Office of Child Development (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1973
This illustrated booklet contains some ideas for making young children's toys and games which are simple and fun to make. The activities encourage the child to learn and practice specific skills such as counting, verbal expression, coordinating hand and eye movements, and help children learn to recognize colors, shapes, and sizes of objects. The…
Descriptors: Childrens Games, Educational Games, Learning Activities, Motor Development
Segal, Marilyn M. – 1974
This illustrated booklet describes the physical, social, cognitive, sensory, and motor development of the typical infant during the first 12 months of life. Each of 12 chapters is concerned with successive months in a child's first year and is divided into three sections. Specific stimulating activities (i.e., handing toys to the infant's…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Individual Differences
Bronson, Martha B. – 1995
This book serves as a guide to selecting play materials for individuals providing education and care for young children. The introductory chapter of the book discusses child play and the importance of selection of play materials based on needs of children and the purposes they serve. The next six chapters provide information on play materials,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Listening Comprehension, Motor Development, Play
Honig, Alice Sterling; Brophy, Holly Elisabeth – 1996
Noting that children s first words are exciting for parents to hear, this book describes how babies can "talk" before they learn to say actual words and shows ways parents can help babies learn language. The book addresses a neglected area in child development--how to help low literacy parents and parents for whom English is a Second…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Beginning Reading, Child Development, Child Rearing
Rogers, Norma – 1972
This micromonograph describes reading readiness and offers suggestions for parents to help their children develop skills and abilities useful for reading. The six sections discuss the following topics: parents' roles and how children learn, toys which build reading readiness, the importance of encouraging children to talk and listen, ways in which…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Reading, Parent Participation, Parent Role
McKee, Judy Spitler, Ed. – 1977
This is an illustrated collection of 77 articles from journals, popular magazines and other sources, intended for use by early childhood education classes. The articles, representing many points of view, are authored by experts in psychiatry, psychology, pediatrics, educational research, anthropology, toy design, state and public school…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Behavior Problems, Child Abuse, Child Care