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Poole, Carla; Miller, Susan A.; Church, Ellen Booth – Early Childhood Today, 2006
This article presents suggestions on how to increase awareness of a sense of time for infants up to age 6. It recommends using children's personal experiences to help them understand time concepts. Individual components of this article include: (1) "I Go Now!"--Birth to 2 (Carla Poole); (2) "Today's My Birthday!"--3 to 4 (Susan A. Miller); and (3)…
Descriptors: Age, Developmental Stages, Time Management, Learning Experience
Poole, Carla; Church, Ellen Booth; Miller, Susan A. – Early Childhood Today, 2006
The following three short articles describe the stages children go through in order to understand they are not the center of the world: (1) "Mine! Mine!" (Carla Poole); (2) "I Want It Now!" (Susan A. Miller); and (3) "Let's Make it Together!" (Ellen Booth Church). Ideas for what teachers can do to help children through these stages are offered in…
Descriptors: Child Development, Young Children, Developmental Stages, Toddlers
Poole, Carla; Miller, Susan A.; Church, Ellen Booth – Early Childhood Today, 2005
Babies are active participants in their learning and need to explore a variety of objects. Nurturing relationships support these explorations. Objects are more clearly remembered and understood. Thus, one activity this article suggests doing with a 12-month-old to encourage abstract thinking, is talking about how squeezing the bottle of ketchup…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Child Development, Infants, Concept Formation
Poole, Carla – Early Childhood Today, 2005
This article discusses how to transition young children from home to school. The author states that while it's not easy for working parents to place their infant or toddler in childcare, it is a healthy experience for children and their parents. Hopefully, as a parent brings the baby for a little longer stay each day, feelings of mutual trust and…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Student Adjustment, Adjustment (to Environment), Infants