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Navarre, Mary – Day Care & Early Education, 1994
Describes a teacher's experiences reading aloud with two preschoolers in a homeless shelter and how the interaction increased the children's print awareness and ameliorated the stress of being in the shelter. (HTH)
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Children, Coping, Emergent Literacy
Peer reviewedShea, Mary E. – New Advocate, 1998
Offers a classroom vignette that describes how the author invites students to collect pearls of wisdom (memorable quotations in books) as a source of inspiration. Offers an example of such a quote that stimulated rich discussion in a sixth-grade classroom. (SR)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Coping, English Instruction
