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Direct linkGarcia, Eugene E.; Gonzales, Danielle M. – Pre-K Now, 2006
The Latino population in the United States is growing at a rapid pace, and the proportion of our nation's under-five year olds who are Latino is increasing even faster. Many of these children lack access to the high-quality pre-kindergarten experiences that promote academic achievement and future success. By providing Latino children with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Preschool Education, Preschool Children
Hillman, Carol B. – 1995
This guide is intended to help all caregiving adults--parents, grandparents, guardians, care providers, friends, preschool teachers, and other educators--to make the best decisions for and about young children in the early childhood years before the start of formal schooling. The guide aims to help caregivers learn how to: enhance their…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role, Child Caregivers, Child Development
Download full textLloyd-Zannini, Linda – 1991
This practicum involved the design and implementation of a curriculum that allowed 10 students from a private school to translate the theoretical knowledge gained from a previous child development course into a hands-on experience. This was accomplished through the use of regularly scheduled class sessions and a preschool laboratory, in which the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Day Care
Hendricks, Charlotte; Smith, Connie Jo – 1991
This health curriculum guide for preschool teachers is structured around units with specific health themes. The 10 areas addressed are growth and development; mental and emotional health; personal health; family life and health; nutrition; disease prevention and control; safety and first aid; consumer health; drug use prevention; and community…
Descriptors: Diseases, Drug Abuse, Drug Use, Educational Objectives
Department of Education and Science, London (England). – 1989
This booklet reports and comments upon recent trends and issues that have influenced the education of children under age 5 in the United Kingdom. It is based on over 300 inspections of nursery and primary schools undertaken between 1985 and 1988. Following a brief introduction that outlines the educational provisions for preschoolers in the United…
Descriptors: Art Education, British National Curriculum, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development
McAfee, Oralie – 1984
To investigate the current status of group time in early childhood centers, a small-scale exploratory study was designed and executed. Results of interviews with 35 teachers and observations in five classrooms serving children ages 2 1/2 through kindergarten revealed that all classrooms had at least one group time or circle time, usually in the…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research
Ohio Education Association, Columbus. Instruction and Professional Development Div. – 1976
This report, prepared by the Teacher Education and Professional Standards Commission of the Ohio Education Association, discusses aspects of prekindergarten programs. Included are brief guidelines on the following subjects: prekindergarten teacher certification and responsibilities; the role of the school principal and of the prekindergarten…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Development, Emotional Development
Cline, Marvin G.; And Others – 1980
The results of the secondary analysis of data obtained in a study of Head Start graduates in the public schools are summarized in this report. Due to unforseen circumstances, the original longitudinal research design was not fully implemented, and the study was constrained to one administration of a test battery to first-grade students. The…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Early Experience, Economic Status, Ethnicity
SCHWARTZ, SYDNEY L. – 1967
A STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLE OF 20 SCHOOLS WITH 35 PREKINDERGARTEN ROOMS SERVING 500 CHILDREN WAS USED IN AN EVALUATION OF AN EXPANDED PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM OF COMPENSATORY EDUCATION FOR DISADVANTAGED 4-YEAR-OLDS. THE EVALUATIVE EMPHASIS CENTERED ON ONGOING CLASSROOM PROGRAMS, ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL, AND A FAMILY-COMMUNITY…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrators, Disadvantaged Youth, Evaluation Methods
Cata, Juanita – 1968
The philosophy undergirding a social studies program developed for the BIA by the University of New Mexico is discussed to aid the teacher in helping Navajo children view with insight their own unique culture and the cultures about them. A beginning or pre-school teaching unit ("When I Come to School") dealing with easily mastered…
Descriptors: American Indians, Course Content, Cross Cultural Training, Curriculum Development
Grant, Mabel; And Others – 1974
This suggested curriculum for use in the Early Admissions Program with four-year-old children draws mainly on elements from child development theory and practical experiences of the writers. It is intended that this material will be used to stabilize and increase the child's cognitive and linguistic growth through effective diagnostic and…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Diagnostic Teaching
Stukat, K. G. – Paedagogica Europaea, 1974
This pamphlet presents a description of two interrelated Swedish research projects both of which studied the effects of preschool programs on young children. The first project, a traditional preschool curriculum, is examined in terms of Weikart's scheme for preschool curriculum models. The evaluation procedure involved a comparison of 130…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Experimental Schools, Foreign Countries, Learning Activities
O'Malley, J. Michael – 1971
A curriculum hierarchy evaluation (CHE) model was developed by combining a transfer paradigm with an aptitude-treatment-task interaction (ATTI) paradigm. Positive transfer was predicted between sequentially arranged tasks, and a programed or nonprogramed treatment was predicted to interact with aptitude and with tasks. Eighteen four and five…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Aptitude, Concept Formation, Curriculum Evaluation
Peer reviewedLehr, Fran – Reading Teacher, 1987
Defines story grammar, reviews pertinent research, and describes classroom activities based on research findings. (NKA)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cohesion (Written Composition), Elementary Education
Doud, James L.; Finkelstein, Judith M. – Principal, 1985
Notes the increasing availability of prekindergarten programs for four-year-olds and describes a program that groups four- and five-year-olds together. Covers the program's instructional goals; reasons for using multi-aged grouping, cooperative teaching, and structured planning time; curriculum; interaction with parents; and dependence on the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Age Grade Placement, Educational Change, Educational Objectives
