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Managing the Early Childhood Classroom.
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Crosser, Sandra – Young Children, 1992
Classroom management can have a direct effect on the kinds of behaviors students exhibit and make the difference between chaos and an orderly environment that facilitates learning. Suggestions for teachers involve planning for physical space, arrival and departure times, the scheduling of transitions, children's interactions with equipment and…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Conflict Resolution, Early Childhood Education
Everyone Is a V.I.P. in This Class.
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Kosnik, Clare – Young Children, 1993
Notes that self-esteem remains an important factor in learning. Encourages detection of low self-esteem in students, teacher behavior aimed at increasing students' self-esteem, and promotion of a desirable classroom community. Specific steps include student participation in decision making and in cooperative games, individual invitations to join…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Community, Participative Decision Making
How to Choose a Good Early Childhood Program.
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Young Children, 1983
Criteria for parents to evaluate include the program staff, activities and equipment, interpersonal relations, and facility and program designs. (BJD)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Equipment Evaluation
Meeting the Challenge of Diversity.
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Jones, Elizabeth; Derman-Sparks, Louise – Young Children, 1992
Describes inappropriate approaches to diversity in early childhood programs, such as teachers being proud of being "colorblind." Suggestions for making changes and for finding support for those changes are given. (LB)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Classroom Environment, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Being Responsive to the Needs of Children from Dual Heritage Backgrounds.
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Morrison, Johnetta Wade; Rodgers, Larressa S. – Young Children, 1996
Discusses how the early childhood program environment can be more sensitive to biracial children of black and white heritage. Considers the history of blacks in the United States; ethnic identity development in biracial children; and planning the early childhood environment, including structuring the curriculum, securing information about the…
Descriptors: Black History, Blacks, Classroom Environment, Cultural Background