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Peer reviewedIreland, Ralph R. – Young Children, 1969
Describes how the Bantu, five-sixths of the South African population, operate 120 nursery schools for working mothers' children. Separate from white facilities, the schools emphasize personal hygiene, play and task activities, and knowledge of Bantu and white cultures. (DR)
Descriptors: Bantu Languages, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Culture, Hygiene
Peer reviewedSavage, Michael P.; Holcomb, Derek R. – Young Children, 1999
Describes a second-grade classroom activity in which children took photographs of their school while focusing on common themes generated by their teacher. Includes discussion of materials and costs for the activity, children's expectations, parental help, class sessions involved (instructions, taking pictures, developing photographs, sharing…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Grade 2, Learning Activities, Photographs
Peer reviewedJohnson, Helen H. – Young Children, 1994
Describes a program designed for four-year olds to teach them about the human body. The learning activity employs a hands-on, discovery approach in which children construct models of their bodies, enabling them to learn how the various systems in the human body work and to appreciate the similarities and differences among people. (TJQ)
Descriptors: Anatomy, Human Body, Learning Activities, Physical Characteristics
Peer reviewedBreig-Allen, Cheryl; Hill, Janet; Geismar-Ryan, Lori; Cadwell, Louise Boyd – Young Children, 1998
Describes a project about lines in the environment used with 2- and 3-year olds and based on the Reggio Emilia approach. Activities included making tracks with riding toys, drawing lines on papers, seeing cloud lines, and making lines with yarn and Cuisenaire rods. Shows how young children's observations and ongoing discoveries can uncover their…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Peer reviewedSandberg, John H.; Pohlman, Joanne D. – Young Children, 1976
Describes the approach to pre-reading and reading instruction used at the Carnegie-Mellon Children's School. (ED)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities, Preschool Education
Peer reviewedKamii, Constance; Lee-Katz, Lucinda – Young Children, 1979
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Learning Activities, Physics, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedHubbard, Ruth – Young Children, 1988
Maintains there are many ways to help children develop their language abilities as they learn and that teachers can involve children in activities that bring the children's own knowledge into the curriculum. Illustrated with samples from the science activities of first through third graders. (BB)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Individual Differences, Language Arts, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedXu, Shelley Hong; Rutledge, Amanda Lynn – Young Children, 2003
One kindergarten teacher engaged children in conversations about environmental print and thus made literacy learning more meaningful and personally connected to the children's outside school experiences. Activities included an environmental print show-and-tell, and small-group and whole-class word-logo matching activities. It was concluded that…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Environment
Peer reviewedGareau, Marianne; Kennedy, Colleen – Young Children, 1991
Discusses the use of time and space in primary classrooms, referring to what is known about how young children learn best. Discusses four steps to organizing the classroom. (BB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Class Organization, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Elementary School Students
