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Ball, James – 1996
This report describes a practicum that was designed to improve the social skills of eight preschool children with autism or Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS), through interactions with their typically developing peers. The children were taught in a classroom with eight typically developing children using a regular…
Descriptors: Autism, Expressive Language, Eye Contact, Inclusive Schools
Patrick, Teri – 1996
This paper discusses linkages between play, healthy social and emotional development, and behavior management in young children. Play is defined as pleasurable, self-motivated, non-goal-directed, and spontaneous behavior, free from adult-imposed rules. Many children have limited time available for play because they are directed by adults in day…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Childhood Needs, Conflict Resolution, Cooperation
Harrison, Linda – 1996
This booklet, revised from the March 1990 version, provides suggestions for reassessing, modifying, and arranging child care center environments to best serve the needs of children and staff. The booklet notes that a well-planned environment can provide young children with appropriate and challenging learning experiences within a consistent and…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Day Care Centers, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Anderson-Clark, Janet – 1996
In response to parent complaints about the curriculum at an urban child care center, a procedure was developed to provide parents and teachers with an understanding of developmentally appropriate practices for young children. A curriculum that was developmentally and culturally relevant to the children at the school was also developed. The entire…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Child Development, Cultural Awareness
Treme, Cindy Gehron – 1992
This practicum report describes an intervention designed to increase opportunities for children in a day care center and preschool to practice gross motor skills, and to help teachers gain confidence in their ability to foster children's maturation. It was expected that as a result of the intervention, 50 of 70 children would participate in gross…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Brodin, Jane – 1991
Written in Swedish with an English-language summary, this report describes a study which examined the interaction between mothers or caregivers and their children with profound mental retardation and multiple disabilities, particularly looking at the function of play in communicative interaction. The six children all had five or six handicaps in…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Communication Skills, Elementary Education
Martini, Mary – 1994
An observational study of peer dynamics found three very different systems of peer interaction among Hawaiian children at three preschools. The children were demographically similar: part-Hawaiians from lower to lower-middle class backgrounds. Sixty children were studied in videotaped sessions. In Preschool 1, children usually play as dyads; in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Behavior, Classroom Environment, Group Behavior
Claus, Richard N.; Quimper, Barry E. – 1991
During the first half of the 1990-91 school year, 446 children were served by the Chapter 1 Prekindergarten Program of the Saginaw, Michigan school district. A process evaluation was conducted to monitor the program and assess whether it was being implemented as planned. This year, the process evaluation consisted of half-day classroom…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education
Bell, Nancy – 1991
The purpose of this study was to describe and evaluate the operational theories of six early childhood teachers in a child care center and kindergarten in New Zealand. It is suggested that teacher educators have a responsibility to address the significant gaps in some teachers' theoretical accounts of their own practice, and that practice is most…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Child Caregivers, Day Care Centers, Foreign Countries
Podmore, Valerie N. – 1991
This pilot study investigated methods for meeting the needs of children under 2.5 years of age who attend play centers with older children. Also studied were the effects of the toddlers' presence on the other children, parent helpers, and supervisors. Advisors at each of 27 play centers in New Zealand completed a questionnaire with the help of…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Child Caregivers, Day Care, Day Care Centers
California Univ., Berkeley. Cooperative Extension Service. – 1990
This series of leaflets provides information for family day care providers on nine topics. Age differences and developmental stages are emphasized. The first topic concerns ways to help young children get along with others. Self-esteem is emphasized, and methods for helping children develop self-esteem are listed. The second leaflet discusses…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cooperation, Coping, Developmental Stages
McMurray, Paula – 1994
This study sought to understand how children develop their gender identities by examining their social interactions in a school setting. It followed six children over the course of the school year at a university-run laboratory preschool, utilizing videotaped observations, field notes, and teacher interviews. Four of the targeted children's gender…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Behavior, Childhood Attitudes, Classification
Yerkes, Rita – 1982
To determine whether the creative-adventure playground model functions as an effective extension of the classroom, researchers at Northern Illinois University's Early Childhood Education Research Laboratory studied the effects of playground participation on the development of visual-motor integration in 32 preschool boys and girls aged 3 to 4.5.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classroom Techniques, Creative Development, Curriculum Development
Floerchinger, Josie – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2005
This article discusses a project about lunch undertaken by a class of 3- to 5-year-old children in a preschool in Iowa. Following a description of the school and the goals of the project, the article presents the three phases of the project. The teacher's reflections about the project are also included. Photographs taken to document the project…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Student Projects
Jones, Elizabeth; Prescott, Elizabeth – 1978
The experiences of one non-profit day care center are used as illustrative material in this discussion of preschool teaching-learning environments. Chapter 1 introduces the volume with a brief argument stressing the importance of play in the preschool. Chapter 2 describes the problems at a non-profit day care center and presents staff dialogue…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Child Responsibility, Classroom Design, Classroom Techniques