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Peer reviewedMcGarry, Thomas P. – Educational Leadership, 1986
Educators at Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia) built on a first- and second-grade curriculum integration project at Jefferson County Public Schools (Colorado) by implementing a kindergarten instructional program with three integrated strands: motor development/music, mathematics/science, and language arts. The program's success hinged on…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education, Instructional Innovation, Integrated Curriculum
Peer reviewedRichgels, Donald J. – Reading Teacher, 1987
Describes a program that associates phonics instruction with children's earliest reading and writing, using the ERIS method to teach sound/letter correspondences and to provide opportunities for writing and reading. (NKA)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Techniques, Instructional Innovation, Kindergarten
Wolf, James M.; Kessler, Anna L. – 1987
This monograph presents information to help educators consider how to determine the best age for each child to begin his or her formal schooling. Trends in state requirements for school entrance age are described, and research in areas such as mental age, reading readiness, child development, screening instruments, and experimental preschool…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Failure, Age Grade Placement, Child Development
