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Widler, Theresa – Texas Child Care, 2001
Explores how child care providers can use outdoor activities to enhance young children's cognitive, social, emotional, and motor development. Discusses surveying the outdoor play space, using outdoor prop boxes, planting a garden, and reflecting on outdoor experiences after moving indoors. Includes list of sample outdoor play materials and sample…
Descriptors: Day Care, Dramatic Play, Gardening, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedTegano, Deborah W.; Burdette, Marsha P. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1991
Examined the effects of activity period duration on preschoolers' play with playdough and blocks. Wilcoxon signed-rank tests showed significantly more constructive and dramatic play, and less functional play, at the end of the play period. Differences between the quality of play in block and playdough centers were found. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Day Care, Dramatic Play, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedHowe, Nina; And Others – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1993
Used traditional housekeeping and novel dramatic play centers to compare the effects of theme, novelty, and duration on the social and cognitive play of two- to five-year olds. More dramatic play was observed in centers that used familiar rather than unfamiliar themes. Girls preferred traditional to novel centers; boys preferred novel to…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classroom Environment, Day Care, Dramatic Play
Texas Child Care, 2001
Presents tips to help early childhood teachers and caregivers teach young children fire safety. Provides checklist for preventing fires in the kitchen, classrooms, and storage areas. Offers suggestions for classroom learning activities and for educating families about fire safety. Includes annotated bibliography of children's books dealing with…
Descriptors: Books, Child Safety, Childrens Literature, Day Care
Peer reviewedGraul, Susan K.; Zeece, Pauline Davey – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 1992
Describes the format of, and topics covered in, the Partners in Play training model, which is designed to enrich children's play in child care settings through the development of play training for parents and caregivers. Training focuses on techniques and strategies that help adults understand and facilitate play. (BB)
Descriptors: Built Environment, Child Caregivers, Day Care, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Peer reviewedStrandell, Harriet – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1997
Presents results from ethnographic study on children's everyday life in Finnish daycare centers. Raises question of the relationship between play and real life, and analyzes play and playfulness as communicative resources used by children in creating everyday routines. Argues play is not a separate children's world; by using play, children also…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Child Behavior, Daily Living Skills
Peer reviewedThorsen, Kari Loken; Friis, Pia; Nyhus, Jorunn; Mork, Olga – International Journal of Early Childhood, 1998
Describes four Norwegian kindergarten/day care programs: (1) Tislegard kindergarten and day care center, using community sculptures as the basis for art activities; (2) Bjerkeallen Barnehage, examining the impact on activities and staff relationships when half the staff are men; (3) Labakken, using nature as a central arena for play; and (4)…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Community Resources, Day Care, Dramatic Play
