Something for Everyone: Benefits of Mixed-Age Grouping for Children, Parents, and Teachers.

Theilheimer, Rachel

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ERIC Number: EJ465926

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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Something for Everyone: Benefits of Mixed-Age Grouping for Children, Parents, and Teachers.

Theilheimer, Rachel

Young Children, v48 n5 p82-87 Jul 1993

Discusses the benefits of mixed-age grouping for children's social and cognitive development and reservations parents sometimes have about mixed-age groupings. Also discusses issues that teachers need to consider when implementing mixed-age groups: children's personal care routines; furnishings; children's language, motor, creative, and social development; and the needs of adults. (BB)

Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Environment, Early Childhood Education, Group Activities, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Mixed Age Grouping, Multigraded Classes, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Teacher Role, Teaching Guides, Young Children

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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