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Martin, Linda E.; Thacker, Shirley – Young Children, 2009
This article describes how one such teacher, Shirley Thacker, developed and implemented a successful writing program in her first grade classroom, which is known as Thackerville. Shirley describes how she motivated a classroom of first-graders to use the writing process in a workshop format and how this approach affected the children's perceptions…
Descriptors: Writing Processes, Grade 1, Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Weiser, Margaret – Young Children, 1970
Suggests methods and materials for improving the perception abilities of young children. (NH)
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Classroom Environment, Grade 1, Kindergarten
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Hill, P. S. – Young Children, 1987
Delineates three distinct but overlapping functions of kindergarten: (1) to minister to the nature and needs of four- to six-year-olds; (2) to look forward to the nature and needs of children as they develop through the sixth year; and (3) to look backward to experiences and learning in the home. (NH)
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Developmental Programs, Early Childhood Education, Educational History