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Peer reviewedvan Kleeck, Anne – Topics in Language Disorders, 1990
This article reviews the literature regarding the seeds of literacy in preschool students. Conclusions indicate that children learn many basic concepts of print communication from daily experience with its use well before any ability to decode writing emerges. Games and other everyday interactions with print are recommended for facilitating…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps, Learning Activities
Orozco, Cecilio – 1982
The results of a series of three studies of classroom factors influencing English oral language development in Spanish speaking bilingual elementary students are reported. Teacher control of oral language practice, extra practice in oral language encoding for bilingual students, and similarities between the English proficiency scores of children…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education
Columbus Public Schools, OH. – 1977
Three hundred twenty-six disadvantaged boys and girls in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten were pre- and post-tested in clay sculpturing, drawing and verbal cognitive abilities to determine whether teaching children through a non-verbal art medium, clay, would improve their verbal skills. Assessment instruments were developed. Children were…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Creative Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Cowe, Eileen Grace – 1967
A study of two public school kindergarten classes in New York City, heterogeneously grouped according to ethnic origin and social background, revealed that the maturity and fluency of the children's language varied according to the type of classroom activity in which they were engaged. From observational recordings of teacher-class interaction, it…
Descriptors: Child Language, English Instruction, Kindergarten Children, Language Acquisition
Download full textGuerra, Enedina; And Others – 1966
This document presents details for a supplemental oral language development program for children in the elementary grades learning to speak American English as a second language. The booklet discusses the purpose and objectives of the program and describes the materials to be used, the physical set-up, teaching techniques and learning activities…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Child Development, Cultural Education, English (Second Language)
Direct linkBenjamin, Ludy T., Jr., Ed. – APA Books, 2008
The most popular activities from APA's successful "Activities Handbooks for the Teaching of Psychology" are gathered together and updated in this book of teachers' favorites. The lesson plans, which encourage active learning and involve the whole class, have stood the test of time and proven themselves to be entertaining, effective, and easy to…
Descriptors: Psychology, Teaching Methods, Learning Activities, Lesson Plans
