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Peer reviewedTait, Pearl E. – Childhood Education, 1974
Describes the integration of a blind child into a regular kindergarten classroom. (ST)
Descriptors: Blindness, Curriculum, Developmental Tasks, Handicapped Children
Peer reviewedBain, Winifred E. – Childhood Education, 1981
Argues that the social pressures for children to mature rapidly should not prevent adults from addressing the needs of children nor from helping them achieve their normal course of development. (DB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Needs, Cognitive Development, Developmental Tasks
Peer reviewedSailor, Dorothy Holin – Childhood Education, 1980
Reports on day-care and preschool programs in Czechoslovakia and East Germany, describing infant-toddler care, preschool programs, research projects, parent involvement, and future trends. (DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Day Care, Developmental Tasks, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedCastle, Kathryn – Childhood Education, 1985
Discusses the value of tool-use activities to help toddlers develop emerging skills, experience creative expression, and understand means-end relationships. Provides examples of opportunities for using objects as tools, including language acquisition, self-help activities, dramatic play, sensory experiences, and object manipulation. (DST)
Descriptors: Childrens Games, Cognitive Development, Creative Expression, Developmental Tasks
Peer reviewedHaas, Malka – Childhood Education, 1996
Examines the role of playgrounds that use discarded items or "junk" as an integral part of kindergarten classes in an Israeli kibbutz. Suggests that play in the junkyard, by including the whole person--muscles and senses, emotion and intellect, individual growth and social interaction--can offer the experiential foundations on which…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cognitive Development, Constructivism (Learning), Developmental Tasks
