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Raines, Shirley C.; Canady, Robert J. – 1992
This book is the third in a series of books for a literature-inspired curriculum for grades 1-3 organized around thematic units. The book's "story stretchers" are a means to extend children's enthusiasm for stories and to better connect children's books and teaching ideas with other areas of the curriculum. The book contains 18 units or…
Descriptors: Books, Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature, Class Activities
Spann, Mary Beth – 1997
This book offers a collection of 30 fun-filled book-writing and book-making projects guaranteed to engage beginning writers of every ability level. Intended for teachers of kindergarten through grade 2, the book provides an easy-to-implement approach to bookmaking. Each of the books is thematic in content and shape and use rhyming poetry as a…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Childrens Writing, Classroom Techniques, Cooperation
Moore, Helen H. – 1997
This collection of 180 poems was assembled with classroom needs in mind. Intended to delight students every day, the collection's poems span the school year from September to summertime. Its introduction gives teachers before-, during-, and after-reading ideas. Sections in the collection include: Me and My World, Primary Concepts, Seasons and…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Figurative Language
Download full textSpangler, Carol – 1996
This guide describes a program that turns ordinary show-and-tell time into a theme-related sharing time, or "sharing circle." In this program, each child is assigned a special sharing day once a month, with the sharing days evenly distributed throughout the month and with no more than three children sharing on a particular day. Monthly…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Chenfeld, Mimi Brodsky – 2002
Noting that a creative approach to early childhood education allows teachers to reinforce the foundation of achievement by encouraging and expanding upon children's play activities, this book provides teacher-developed ideas and strategies for creating learning communities in the early childhood classroom. The beginning chapter introduces creative…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Books, Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature
Raines, Shirley C. – 1994
This book emphasizes the reading process by suggesting effective ways to read with children, to engage children as thinkers, and to model the processes of studying a text. The book's "story stretchers" are a means to extend children's enthusiasm for stories and to better connect children's books and teaching ideas with other areas of the…
Descriptors: American Indian Literature, Authors, Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature
