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Lephardt, Noreen E.; Lephardt, George P. – 1983
A paradigm for learning economic concepts based on cognitive development and learning theory is offered as a guideline for teaching and research. Discussion is divided into two sections. The first section establishes the model's theoretical framework, which is based on two propositions. The first of these is that economic knowledge is not a fixed…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
Download full textUS Department of Health and Human Services, Head Start Bureau, 2006
This Technical Assistance Paper offers guidance to programs regarding the implementation of the "Head Start Program Performance Standards" on child health and developmental services, child health and safety, and child nutrition. The paper examines how physical health influences children's development and how child health and development…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Physical Health, Technical Assistance, Physical Activities
Rief, Sandra F. – 2001
Based on the view that the parent is a child's first and most important teacher, this book shows parents how to stimulate and encourage learning in reading and writing, language and communication, thinking and reasoning, plus promote good social and emotional behaviors and improve gross and fine motor skills. Part 1 of the book describes child…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy
Idaho Governor's Office, Boise. – 1992
This document presents descriptions of instructional and education-related activities of Idaho elementary and secondary school teachers and their schools. Activities include classroom practices and projects, and school programs. Descriptions are presented in five sections. The first section profiles 54 activities that encourage parent…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Breakfast Programs, Class Activities, Computers
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. – 1979
Developed for K-3 teachers to send home with their students, this collection of learning activities and games is offered to help reinforce students' language arts and mathematics skills and to enhance parental involvement. Suggestions to the teacher include sending home only those pages containing activities for skills currently being studied and…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Basic Skills, Educational Games, Elementary School Mathematics
Rich, Dorothy – 1996
Parents can play a key role in attaining the United States' National Education Goals, a main component of which is that all children will be ready to learn when they enter school. This guide for parents provides basic information on factors related to school success and a series of activities that parents can do with their children, ages 5 through…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Elementary Education, Family Role
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1996
The five chapters in this handbook, intended for parents of children entering kindergarten for the first time, offer suggestions about how parents can help their child get ready for school and make starting kindergarten a successful and happy event. Chapter 1 describes when learning begins and offers tips for helping children who are starting…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Child Development, Elementary Education, Health Needs
Darby, Linda, Ed. – 1997
To promote and facilitate family involvement in children's education, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement has consolidated its "Learning Partners" series into one booklet. This booklet consists of several two-page activity guides in a variety of learning areas. Each guide lists general things parents…
Descriptors: Art Education, Child Health, Child Safety, Elementary Secondary Education
Portsmouth School Dept., RI. – 1977
The fourth of eight related documents, this monograph describes the prekindergarten identification and readiness phase of the Reading Instruction and Pupil Personnel Services (RIPPS) program. The document describes the four major components of this phase: (1) a comprehensive registration, (2) parent information presentation, (3) health screening,…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Family Environment, Learning Readiness, Motor Development
Northeast Foundation for Children, Greenfield, MA. – 1993
This guide for teachers and parents examines child development knowledge, the origins of developmental curriculum, and approaches to implementing such a curriculum in elementary schools. Part one discusses how children develop, the historical background of developmental curricula, the differences between age level and grade level, and the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1989
The five chapters in this handbook, intended for parents of children entering kindergarten for the first time, offer suggestions about how parents can make starting kindergarten a successful and happy event for their child, and how parents can help their child get ready for school. The first chapter contains sections that describe when learning…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Child Development, Communicable Diseases, Health Needs
Tomlinson, Carol Ann – 2001
Noting that teachers in mixed-ability classrooms face multiple challenges at every grade level, this book provides guidance for teachers who are interested in creating learning environments that address the diversity typical of mixed-ability classrooms. The principles and strategies included can help teachers address a variety of learning…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Diversity (Student), Educational Practices
Gullo, Dominic F. – 1994
This book is intended to help early childhood practitioners develop the essential understanding they require for appropriate use of assessment and evaluation information and to illuminate many of the issues involved in formal and informal assessment and evaluation. The chapters are: (1) "Assessment and Evaluation in the Early Childhood…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alternative Assessment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Curriculum Development
Walmsley, Sean A.; Walmsley, Bonnie Brown – 1996
With the message that parents need to become informed about the educational practices that affect their children, this book offers a guide to different approaches to kindergarten, expectations for incoming students, and ways to obtain needed information for parents new to the process of schooling. Following an introduction that calls for increased…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Class Size, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 1996
This document consists of 10 one-page sets of guidelines developed by the Family Involvement Partnership for Learning to assist parents in facilitating their children's elementary school success. The topics addressed in the guidelines include: (1) preparing children for school attendance; (2) safety while traveling to and from school; (3)…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Child Health, Child Responsibility, Children
