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Kahn, David, Ed. – 1995
This short booklet describes Montessori elementary education methods, materials, and environments. The booklet discusses 6-year-olds as inquisitive individuals seeking to make sense of their existence and experiences. It also presents a cosmic educational perspective which emphasizes a global world view. Storytelling is discussed as a way to…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Discovery Learning, Early Childhood Education, Educational Philosophy
Murphy, Jane; Tucker, Karen – 1996
This book offers advice and specific guidelines for making the most of the learning and entertainment potential of video and the new media. It shows how parents can carefully select and use TV programs, videos, and the new media to enhance their children's intellectual and emotional growth--liberating parents from TV "guilt." Chapters in…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Educational Environment, Educational Opportunities, Emotional Development
McCracken, Janet Brown – 1993
Noting that children who learn to accept and value human diversity will develop the open, flexible approach to life that is needed in today's world, this book examines ways to help young children learn to appreciate cultural diversity in the classroom. Following introductory chapters on the value of diversity and a child's right to the valuing of…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Images
Child Day Care Association of St. Louis, MO. – 1995
Reflecting some of the most up-to-date thinking about enriching the experience of those who plan for and are involved in the care of children, this brochure lists critical skills of those individuals in the child care profession, and may be used as a reminder and as a self-evaluation tool. The skills highlighted are: enhancing child development;…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Classroom Environment
Kahn, Paul – 1997
This guide is for parents of children with disabilities who require the help of a machine or device for some life-sustaining activity such as breathing or eating. Following an introduction, chapter 1 is on preparing for the child's return home including parent training, community-based services, and obtaining funding for home care. Chapter 2, on…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Community Health Services, Family Environment, Family Relationship
Smith, Ed – 1994
This book is written to address the needs of Black youth who attend interracial schools. By interracial is meant a school in which students and staff of more than one race are found at the same time. Aimed primarily at the high school student, the book is a guide to success in school and is designed to assist in the development of skills to cope…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Black Students, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Grinnell, Paula C. – 1984
Dealing with the critical years from birth through kindergarten, this micromonograph answers parents' questions about when and how to prepare a child for reading. The pamphlet discusses in depth these suggestions: (1) talking and reading to the child, (2) letting the child read and write, (3) being a model of reading and writing behavior, and (4)…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Reading, Family Environment, Family Influence
Clay, Marie – 1987
Intended for parents of preschoolers, this book offers samples of children's "writing" (defined as the funny signs and symbols that pencils make) and attempts to show how parents can support and expand children's discovery of printed language before children begin school. Each of the eight chapters contains numerous examples of young…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Emergent Literacy, Family Environment, Language Acquisition
Wikelund, Karen Reed – 1990
This guide describes program elements considered essential to any successful collaboration between families and schools. Initial contents offer a brief discussion of the basic types of parent involvement and the benefits of and barriers to effective parent involvement programs. The guide then focuses on ways to insure that necessary program…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Miller, Becky Iden – 1986
A review of research data focused on the effects of parental involvement on children's reading achievement and ways in which parents can help promote children's reading achievement. The review included 35 studies (which are briefly summarized) of (1) parents' attitudes about their involvement in their child's education, (2) the positive effects of…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Meta Analysis, Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation
Lyday, Jack, Ed.; Winecoff, Larry, Ed. – 1984
This publication is a series of role guides written by appropriate role group representatives that address the issues of effective schooling from the perspectives of six different role groups. The publication outlines how the following six key role groups might contribute to schools that are striving to become academically effective for all…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Role, Central Office Administrators, Educational Environment
Richter, Bernice; Wenzel, Duane – 1985
Children's science books are listed under these headings: animals; astronomy; aviation and space; biography; careers; earth sciences; encyclopedias and reference books; environment and conservation; fiction; general science; life sciences; marine life; mathematics and computer science; medical and health sciences; physics and chemistry; plant…
Descriptors: Animals, Biological Sciences, Books, Childrens Literature
Online Submission, 2004
The journey for children who are gifted and talented can be exciting and challenging. There are so many twists and turns, detours, and confusing signs that many parents feel they need some sort of road map to guide their children on this journey. Because each child is different, there is no one road map to follow. What this handbook can offer…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Needs Students, Academically Gifted, Parent Participation
Sarason, Seymour B. – 1997
This is a critique of the current system of governance in public education. Chapters include: (1) "Statement of the Problem," which introduces the issues related to educational reform and provides some examples of previous successes and failures; (2) "The Non-Learning, Non-Self-Correcting System," in which the current system is…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance, Higher Education
Bickart, Toni S.; Dodge, Diane Trister; Jablon, Judy R. – 1997
Noting the crucial role parents play in their child's academic success, this book offers parents guidance in supporting their child's education in the primary grades. The book's chapters are: (1) "Learning in the Early Grades," including questions parents ask, what 6- to 8-year-old children are like, principles that make learning effective, why…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
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