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Mornings at the Museums: A Family Friendly Early Childhood Program
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Lifschitz-Grant, Naomi – Journal of Museum Education, 2018
The pilot program, Morning at the Museum (MAM), was offered to children (ages 3-5) and their caregivers weekly for six weeks at the Reynolda House Museum of American Art (RHMAA). Both children and adults explored RHMAA through hands-on activities that encouraged play, movement, observation, music, and art-making. Each session explored a theme…
Descriptors: Museums, Early Childhood Education, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Experiential Learning
Let's Meet Your Baby as a Person: From Research to Preventive Perinatal Practice and Back Again, with the Newborn Behavioral Observations
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Nicolson, Susan – ZERO TO THREE, 2015
This article describes efforts of an Australian tertiary maternity hospital to translate infant mental health research into preventive perinatal and early parenting practice. Clinical practice confirms what is known in the literature: For expectant parents, there can be myriad obstacles to adapting successfully to parenthood and forming a…
Descriptors: Perinatal Influences, Neonates, Observation, Prevention
Parent-Child Portfolios: "Look--This Book Is All about Us!"
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Appl, Dolores J.; Leavitt, Jessica E.; Ryan, Melissa A. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2014
A team of facilitators describe the process and content of portfolios they create for families attending weekly playgroup sessions based on the philosophy and practices of the Parents Interacting with Infants (PIWI) model. The parent-child portfolios are a form of authentic assessment and highlight children's development within the context of…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Portfolios (Background Materials), Observation, Interaction Process Analysis
Using Institutional Structures to Promote Educational Equity: A Tale of Two Schools
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Ippolito, John; Schecter, Sandra R. – Elementary School Journal, 2012
This article traces diverging trajectories in a situated, participatory research project in 2 public schools in Ontario. While the project operated within a consistent set of objectives to promote educational equity for immigrant, linguistically diverse students and their families, it generated 2 substantially different models of educational…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Equal Education, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
Baby Steps to Better Care: One Hospital's Story of Success in Health Care Improvement for Newborns and Their Families
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Minear, Susan; Pedulla, Mary Jo; Philipp, Barbara L. – Zero to Three (J), 2009
Multidisciplinary support for families of newborns is critical for their health and safety. This article describes three programs at one urban hospital which were implemented to (a) improve breastfeeding support, (b) enhance practitioners' observation and communication skills, and (c) provide a comprehensive social response to the urgent…
Descriptors: Health Services, Family Programs, Health Promotion, Public Health
Community-Based Learning to Support South African Early Group Care
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Casper, Virginia; Lamb-Parker, Faith – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2012
The Developing Families Project-South Africa (DFP-SA) is a community-based model of education and training for the care, support and education of vulnerable children birth-to-three and their caregivers, guardians and families in rural and peri-urban townships. The approach fosters interactive learning among community members about early care and…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Child Development