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Howarth, Mary – Young Children, 1989
Provides guidelines and examples of ways preschool teachers can use fairy tales to help children understand their lives. (BB)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Dramatic Play, Fairy Tales, Preschool Children

Graul, Susan K.; Zeece, Pauline Davey – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 1992
Describes the format of, and topics covered in, the Partners in Play training model, which is designed to enrich children's play in child care settings through the development of play training for parents and caregivers. Training focuses on techniques and strategies that help adults understand and facilitate play. (BB)
Descriptors: Built Environment, Child Caregivers, Day Care, Developmentally Appropriate Practices

Stencel, John; Barkoff, Allen – American Biology Teacher, 1993
Describes the use of role playing and skits for instruction in protein synthesis. (PR)
Descriptors: Biology, DNA, Dramatic Play, High Schools
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

Cooper, Jacyln L.; Dever, Martha Taylor – Young Children, 2001
Describes how the sociodramatic play experiences of a group of first graders served as a vehicle for integrating the classroom curriculum. Considers play as a curricular tool and adults' roles in sociodramatic play. Shows how first-graders' play in connection with creating a card shop incorporated reading, writing, and mathematical skills, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cooperation, Dramatic Play, Elementary School Curriculum
Kim, Sonja de Groot – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2005
This study describes the lived experience of Kevin, a young child with physical disabilities who is placed in an inclusive classroom, a classroom where children with and without disabilities are educated together, with extra support provided for the child with disabilities. Children with disabilities who are placed in inclusive early childhood…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Inclusive Schools, Physical Disabilities, Young Children
deVries, Peter – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 2004
The aim of the present study was to investigate the extramusical effects of a music education program in one preschool classroom over a period of six weeks. The class had not previously been exposed to regular music lessons. Readily available teaching resources containing sound recordings were used. Analysis revealed six themes that addressed the…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music, Music Activities, Dramatic Play
Crow, Judy C. – 1994
Achievement in most academic areas depends on reading. This study examines the relationship between play therapy and reading. Twenty-four first graders from two North Louisiana schools, who were repeating first grade and who had scored lowest on the Gates MacGinite Reading Test (GMRT) and the Stanford Reading Achievement Test the previous year,…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Children, Compensatory Education, Dramatic Play
Diffily, Deborah; Fleege, Pamela O. – 1993
Many early childhood educators are beginning to experiment with and use portfolio assessment. Teachers are also observing young children at play and documenting their play activities for assessment purposes. Close observation of sociodramatic play gives teachers accurate perspectives on young children across the developmental domains of…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Check Lists, Child Development, Classroom Observation Techniques
Niro, Lynne D.; Wolf, Mary Hunter – 1982
A program to identify culturally-diverse adolescents with the potential of becoming gifted adults is described, and instructions for conducting theater activities are presented. "Talent Search and Development Model Project" of the New Haven Connecticut School System involves middle schools serving primarily Black and Hispanic (bilingual)…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Black Students, Class Activities, Creativity
Molloy, Shivaun – 1985
Classroom activity ideas for Japanese English as a second language students include a Punch and Judy puppet show (script included); a Halloween puppet trick-or-treat game to learn vocabulary and an American custom; a mime game using verbs; hangman; games of prediction, chance, and sorting or grouping; a Japanese card game similar to "slap"; a…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Dramatic Play, Elementary Secondary Education
Holden, Susan – 1981
This book presents a view of the place of drama in foreign language teaching with the intent that student motivation for learning a foreign language can be activated through the use of a number of activities grouped under the heading of "drama." Drama here is defined as any activity which asks the student to portray self or another person in an…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages), Creative Dramatics, Drama
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 1979
Intended to help compensatory education personnel better understand the role of the arts in cognitive growth, this booklet provides practical suggestions for using arts strategies in basic education. Following a discussion of the role of the arts in the learning process, the booklet presents a number of activities that involve the interaction of…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Cognitive Processes, Compensatory Education, Dramatic Play
Gootman, Marilyn Eisenstadt – 1976
This study attempted to determine the relationships between the dramatic play of children aged three to seven and their self-concept; between dramatic play and two components of self-concept--self-esteem and identification with friends; between dramatic play ability and self-concept; and between dramatic play and the teacher's attitude toward…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Children, Classroom Observation Techniques, Doctoral Dissertations
Jenks, Houston C., Ed. – 1974
The first section of the manual for developing career education in existing Louisiana elementary school programs is an introduction to the concept and rationale of career education and to the roles of educators and parents in infusing career education into the curriculum. Section 2 discusses the availability and use of career education materials,…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Curriculum Guides, Dramatic Play