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Stone, Sandra J.; Christie, James F. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1996
Examined the collaborative literacy learning that occurred in a literacy-enriched sociodramatic play center. Literacy behaviors were coded from transcripts of 15 hours of free play. Found substantial cross-age literacy-based collaboration, with almost half the interactions involving older children helping younger children. This collaboration was…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cooperation, Dramatic Play, Interaction
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Fayden, Teresa – Young Children, 1997
Discusses the importance of allowing children to become involved in a variety and complexity of play situations so that they may have opportunities to develop and fine-tune their strategies for making decisions. Describes a thematic sociodramatic center created for this purpose in a kindergarten classroom composed of Native American and Hispanic…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Decision Making
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Chilcoat, George – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1996
Presents a lesson plan explaining and providing procedures for a flippy theater project. Flippy theater is a series of drawings that illustrate a one-act play, presented on large individual sheets or canvas suspended from a pole hung between two uprights or held by two people. Includes an example. (MJP)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Activities, Creative Expression, Dramatic Play
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Cornelius, Georgianna; Hornett, Danielle – American Annals of the Deaf, 1990
Functional, constructive, dramatic, and social play behaviors were observed in two classes of hearing-impaired kindergarten children--one using sign communication and the other using oral communication. Children in the sign-based class demonstrated higher levels of social play behavior and lower levels of aggression than the other class.…
Descriptors: Aggression, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Dramatic Play
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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