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Heller, Carol – Teaching Tolerance, 1993
Explores the ideas of teacher Vivian Paley about social justice in the kindergarten classroom. Reviews her book "You Can't Say You Can't Play." Once kindergartners begin to grapple with questions of rejection and exclusion, Paley extends the debate to older children to encourage schoolwide conversations about justice and democracy. (SLD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Books, Childrens Games, Educational Change
Flewitt, Rosie – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2005
This ESRC-funded study explores how 3-year-old children use a range of "voices" during their first year in pre-school, investigating how they make and express meaning "multimodally" through combinations of talk, body movement, facial expression and gaze in the two different settings of home and playgroup. Using longitudinal…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Preschool Children, Verbal Communication, Family Environment
MacDonald, James D. – 1989
Focusing on the preconversational child who has yet to develop a stable or generalized habit of spontaneous conversation, this book presents ECO (Ecological Communication Model), a new intervention model for social and communicative development of developmentally delayed children. The model is based on two perspectives: the literature on the…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Child Language, Communication Disorders, Communication Skills
Honig, Alice Sterling – 1998
Psychosexual development in young children is a topic that early childhood educators often ignore in the belief that children are not sexual beings. This paper discusses psychosexual development in young children, noting that preschoolers are often puzzled by sexual anatomical differences, that children need names for sexual body parts, and that…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Behavior, Child Development, Developmental Psychology
McLachlan-Smith, Claire – 1991
This paper examines the prevailing theoretical orientation of the "free play" curriculum in New Zealand child care centers. It also introduces an alternative way of understanding how children learn and discusses a literacy-centered curriculum that uses aspects of the free play and alternative curricula. Child care centers in New Zealand…
Descriptors: Child Development, Day Care Centers, Emergent Literacy, Foreign Countries
Golda Meir Mount Carmel International Training Centre, Haifa (Israel). – 1993
This report describes a course on early childhood education methodology and practice that was held at the Ministry of Education in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for 35 Ethiopian early childhood educators and administrators. In addition to presenting developmental profiles of preschool children, the 3-week course addressed philosophies of early childhood…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Course Descriptions, Courses, Curriculum Development
Periolat, Janet; Nager, Nancy – 1988
Not all fighting or aggression in young children is bad, and some kinds of teacher intervention may be beneficial. Play-fighting refers primarily to rough and tumble play and chasing, and several studies have shown that play and serious fighting can be clearly distinguished in young children. Numerous authors have pointed out the value and…
Descriptors: Aggression, Child Behavior, Child Responsibility, Childhood Needs
Bergen, Doris – 1991
This paper reviews the current literature on the suggested uses of play for assessment, prevention, and intervention with special needs children. The paper also uses case studies to illustrate the ways play is being used to facilitate achievement of early intervention goals and discusses advantages and disadvantages of these uses of play. The…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Development, Developmental Disabilities, Early Intervention
Irwin, Sharon Hope – 1991
This practicum aimed to decrease the social isolation of preschool children with special needs in a mainstreamed day care setting by: (1) increasing initiatives by typical children towards four special needs children; (2) increasing social bids or responses by special needs children toward typical children; and (3) increasing positive…
Descriptors: Day Care Centers, Inservice Education, Interaction, Interpersonal Competence
d'Agostino, Micheline; Masse-Raimbault, Anne-Marie – Children in the Tropics, 1987
Providing basic reference materials, this issue of "Children in the Tropics" consists of a revised and completed version of the 1982 issue on the development of children from birth to 6 years of age. Contents present a broad picture of the physical and mental development of children under 6 and formulate a number of recommendations about…
Descriptors: Day Care, Developing Nations, Early Childhood Education, Educational Practices
Emmerich, Walter – 1975
A study of economically disadvantaged children in free play nursery contexts provided further evidence for the cross-cultural applicability of Schaefer's three-dimensional scheme in assessing classroom competencies. Several implications of the configurational approach are a new way of thinking about competence measurement, its differentiated…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Child Development, Classroom Observation Techniques, Disadvantaged Youth

Costello, Joan; Peyton, Ellice – 1973
This report explores the possibility of constructing a conceptual framework to account for variations in learning styles observed among preschool disadvantaged children. It begins with a review of the literature on preschool intervention programs relating to ways disadvantaged children approach new experiences; gather, organize, and process…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Communication (Thought Transfer), Conceptual Tempo
National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education. – 2001
In this position statement, the National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education asserts that recess is an essential component of education and that preschool and elementary school children must have the opportunity to participate in regular periods of active, free play with peers. The statement summarizes…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Needs, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education
Hockey, Amy, Ed.; Mangigian, Lisa, Ed.; Crombez, Mary Margaret, Ed. – Offspring, 1997
The two issues of this magazine for parents, teachers, and others involved in cooperative nursery schools are designed to provide a forum for views on dealing with young children, express a variety of ideas, promote to cooperative philosophy, and to enhance the relationships of those involved in cooperative nursery schools. The Spring 1997 issue…
Descriptors: Child Safety, Early Childhood Education, Educational Cooperation, Fathers
Abbott, Lesley, Ed.; Nutbrown, Cathy, Ed. – 2001
Noting that the approach to early childhood education of Reggio Emilia, Italy, has gained worldwide recognition as it challenges accepted approaches, this book reflects the impressions and experiences of the Reggio Emilia approach gained by a range of early childhood educators following a study visit to the region. The book focuses on key issues…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Inclusive Schools, Learning, Mother Attitudes