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Dramatic Play | 6 |
Early Childhood Education | 3 |
Childrens Literature | 2 |
Class Activities | 2 |
Day Care | 2 |
Imagination | 2 |
Learning Activities | 2 |
Pretend Play | 2 |
Role Playing | 2 |
Young Children | 2 |
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Texas Child Care | 6 |
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Texas Child Care, 1994
Suggests allowing children to draw on their experiences with doctors and dentists and encouraging pretend play centered around medical settings such as clinics and hospitals. Provides guidelines to involve children's participation in such play, and provides detailed information on setting up appropriate play centers. (BAC)
Descriptors: Dramatic Play, Experiential Learning, Health Personnel, Imagination
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
Myhre, Susan M. – Texas Child Care, 1997
Notes that dramatic play is an important outlet for toddlers and small children, and that prop boxes allow children to know their world, role play, and enhance their imaginations. Provides lists for 20 different prop boxes, and information on getting started, collecting, organizing, and using prop boxes. (SD)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Dramatics, Creative Expression, Dramatic Play
Green, Connie – Texas Child Care, 2002
Draws on current research to advocate the importance of children's need for physical activity and the benefits of teaming literature with movement and dramatic play. Focuses on: (1) brain research on movement; (2) poems and stories that highlight movement; and (3) movement and imagination. Contains 22 references and lists 39 children's books. (SD)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Dance, Dramatic Play, Early Childhood Education
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
Oberg, Barbara – Texas Child Care, 1998
Asserts that reading a book to children lays a foundation for new adventures including retelling the story, interacting in dramatic play, writing, doing art projects, and having fun with music. Finds that by extending stories with activities, children refine their language skills, enhance their imagination, and foster self-esteem. (SD)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Class Activities, Dramatic Play, Early Childhood Education