In early childhood settings, children spend over 50 percent of their time on handwashing, dressing, napping, and other routines and transitions. "Routines and Transitions" is a guide to help turn these routine daily activities into learning experiences. By using transitions wisely, providers not only help children develop skills, but also run a…

This publication is a revision of a preliminary curriculum guide on family living including sex education which was developed and implemented during 1967-1969. Among the objectives listed for this program are: (1) to promote an awareness that, within the various patterns of family living, love and mutual concern are basic to harmonious…

The Home Start Program objectives are: (1) to involve parents directly in the educational development of their children; (2) to help strengthen in parents their capacity for facilitating the general development of their own children; (3) to demonstrate methods of delivering comprehensive Head Start-type services to children and parents for whom a…

The author enumerates 23 activities which she has found helpful in teaching high school students about child development. (HMV)

FOUNDED TWO YEARS AGO AS A RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION DAY CARE CENTER FOR VERY YOUNG CHILDREN, THE CHILDREN'S CENTER HAS UNDERGONE CHANGES, (1) FROM INVOLVING 25 CHILDREN AGED SIX MONTHS TO THREE YEARS OF AGE TO INVOLVING 85 CHILDREN AGED SIX MONTHS TO FIVE YEARS OF AGE, (2) FROM INCLUDING ONLY LOW INCOME HOMES IN WHICH THE MOTHER WORKS, TO…

Aspects of the Help-A-Kid (HAK) program considered in this series of six workbook guides include: (1) the program's organization, its objectives, its strategies for getting students to participate, and the roles of parents and the community in the program's implementation; (2) in-service training for junior staff; (3) values clarification raps…

A LIST OF GOALS AND SUGGESTED IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN WAS GIVEN. AMONG THE OBJECTIVES WERE THE FORMATION OF LANGUAGE CONCEPTS, THE LEARNING OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN WORDS AND SENTENCES, THE DEVELOPMENT OF AWARENESS OF SELF, AND DEVELOPMENT OF FAMILIARITY WITH ENVIRONMENTS. SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF…

Described is a training program to prepare teacher aides to tutor in a remedial reading program for children of low socioeconomic status. Instruction emphasized early childhood growth and development, visual motor perception training, language and auditory development, and emotional and social development. Trainee selection, the training program,…

The Bridge Reading Program, a developmentally based teaching method that uses logographs, the pairing of words with pictures, for teaching prereading skills as well as the basic concepts of reading in the context of reading itself, is described in this handbook. The first two chapters contain background information, a rationale for the program,…

This Kiwanis Club project kit contains ideas and instructions for implementing programs that meet local needs in the areas of maternal and infant health, child care and development, parenting, and safety and pediatric trauma. The kit begins with an overview that explains how to assess need and how to plan, implement, and evaluate a project. Tip…

This program guide, designed to be used in prekindergarten programs, was developed by the Jefferson County Public Schools in Lakewood, Colorado. The guide is organized into three major sections. The first section presents the philosophy of early childhood education on which the guide is based, a summary of the characteristics of young children at…

This guide is designed to help facilitators tailor the Reach and Teach program to their clients' individual needs. Reach and Teach is a family literacy project designed to improve the parenting and basic skills of clients of family agencies in Pinellas County, Florida. The program emphasizes enhancing the parent's role as the child's nurturer and…

TWENTY-EIGHT VOCATIONAL HOME ECONOMICS TEACHERS FROM 20 STATES PARTICIPATED IN A 6-WEEK SUMMER WORKSHOP FOR FIVE CREDIT HOURS IN TWO COURSES DEALING WITH CHILD CARE. THE PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO PREPARE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS TO SET UP OCCUPATIONAL CHILD-CARE AIDE TRAINING PROGRAMS AND TO STRENGTHEN THEIR ACADEMIC BACKGROUND IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND…

This systematic planning guide is intended to assist early childhood teachers in planning the educational program and in designing classroom activities. In addition, New Jersey educators will find it helpful in complying with state requirements. Guidelines are presented in the following areas: (1) establishing a philosophy; (2) developing goals;…

The Head Start and Early Head Start programs are comprehensive child development programs, serving children from birth to age five, expectant mothers, and families with the goal of increasing the social competence of children in low-income families and children with disabilities, and improve their chances of success in school. This report…