Reviews evolution of "good practice" and "child-centered" primary education. Discusses matching students' abilities to learning tasks. Examines study of selected teachers' classroom techniques in terms of pupil self-management, group teaching, active learning, and social confidence promotion. Questions value of matching,…

Explores the learning opportunities cooking activities can provide in a kindergarten classroom. Language arts, math, science, fine-motor skills, art, health, music, and social studies are some of the curriculum areas that can benefit from these kind of activities. Cooking also is explored as an opportunity for parent involvement, where parent and…

A holistic approach to early childhood education requires attention not only to what we know about child development and its implications for teaching, but also to the content of the curriculum. This collection of chapters on research and practice on developmentally appropriate integrated curricula is combined in a manner to assist theorists,…