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Counsell, Shelly; Palmer, Mary; Peat, Felicia – Science and Children, 2020
As young children encounter animal and plant life, they are eager to figure out where plants and animals come from, which plants are edible, and which animals like to eat different plants. Gardening experiences provide ample opportunities to explore how plants grow, what plants need to grow, how to care for plants, and how to harvest the edible…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Plants (Botany), Knowledge Level, Urban Schools
Healy, Jane M. – American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers, 1990
The rapid, disjointed, and vivid style of Sesame Street may impede rather than promote progress toward literacy and the development of voluntary attention. It robs children of the ability to create mental pictures. Contends that it is a failure as an instructional medium. (DM)
Descriptors: Attention, Childrens Television, Dysgraphia, Early Childhood Education

Broome, Jeanette; Fuller, Laurie – PTA Today, 1993
Examines television's impact on children, discussing how much television children watch, what children watch and how it influences their world view, how parents dispel mass media misconceptions and fears, and whether children would get better grades if they watched less television. Suggestions for making television an educational resource are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Television, Elementary Secondary Education, Mass Media Role
Family Communications, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA. – 1995
Intended for both childcare professionals and parents, this book lists activities from episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood television program, and can be used with or without watching the program. Each activity is assigned a number which corresponds to the television episode in which the activity is featured, and a national PBS Broadcast…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Activity Units, Childrens Games, Childrens Television
Druger, Marvin, Ed. – 1988
School provides only a small part of a child's total education. This book focuses on science learning outside of the classroom. It consists of a collection of articles written by people who are involved with several types of informal science education. The value of informal science education extends beyond the mere acquisition of knowledge.…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Educational Innovation, Educational Media, Educational Opportunities
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 1987
Focusing on reinforcing students' reading skills at home, this pamphlet emphasizes that parents should read aloud to children, talk to them about their experiences, take them places, limit their television-watching, and take an interest in their reading progress. Children's success and interest in reading is said to depend largely on whether they…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Educational Television, Elementary Education, Home Programs