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Holt, Bess-Gene – 1980
This address explores facets of curricula for preschool children in an attempt to raise issues relevant to curriculum planning. Goals and assumptions of theoretical frameworks for curriculum development are discussed and culminate in the statement of a "Distance from Self" criterion which can be applied to deciding the appropriateness of an…
Descriptors: Creativity, Criteria, Curiosity, Curriculum Development
Download full textMCNEVINS, MARGARET – 1965
THIS IS A GUIDE FOR THE WHITERIVER HEADSTART WORKERS. IT INCLUDES SECTIONS ON HOW CHILDREN LEARN AND WHAT MAKES A GOOD PRESCHOOL PROGRAM, AS WELL AS SUGGESTIONS FOR WORKERS WHO ARE INEXPERIENCED WITH YOUNG CHILDREN. IT ALSO DISCUSSES DESIRABLE PLAY ACTIVITIES AND MATERIALS, THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF WORKERS, AND A VOCABULARY TO BE…
Descriptors: American Indians, Early Experience, Eating Habits, Games
Miller, Samuel D. – 1974
Music activities are an important part of the preschool experience, yet these activities are often guided by teachers who have had little musical training. Lack of formal music training can be greatly compensated for by access to quality equipment and materials. These resources include a basic accompanying instrument, toy instruments, a durable…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Expenditures, Instructional Materials, Media Selection
LaBelle, Thomas; And Others – 1979
This 1978 report advises concerned persons and agencies of the nature and extent of plans developed by Juarez and Associates to use qualitative data in the evaluation of the Head Start Bilingual Bicultural Curriculum Development Project. Contractual responsibilities, multimethod data collection strategies, objectives and procedures are described.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Radin, Norma – 1968
In an early education program, 100 disadvantaged 4-year-olds (50 Negroes and 50 whites) attend classes one-half day, four days a week, from October through June. A teacher visits each child's home every other week to conduct a tutorial session lasting 1 1/2 hours. Three objectives of the program are (1) to develop a preschool curriculum based on…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Home Visits
Alexanian, Sandra – 1967
Eight Head Start teachers were asked to be consultants in an assessment of the Head Start program and their role in it. The teachers met with a seminar leader from the Evaluation and Research Center at Boston University for seven consecutive 2-hour taped sessions. The topics for discussion included (1) the administrative structure of the agency in…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Group Discussion, Preschool Children, Preschool Curriculum
Fite, Kathleen; And Others – 1977
This document contains behaviorally stated objectives and evaluation processes for use in training preschool administrators, teachers, and teacher aides. The objectives and evaluation processes are organized into three instructional units: (1) growth, development, and learning (2) curriculum and instruction and (3) the role of related agencies.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Agency Role, Behavioral Objectives, Child Development
Cox, T., Ed.; Waite, C. A., Ed. – 1970
This collection of articles on compensatory preschool education is chiefly the result of a conference at the University College of Swansea, Wales, during the Easter vacation of 1969. Articles include the following: (1) "Compensatory education and the infant school"; (2) "Compensatory programmes and early childhood education in the…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, British Infant Schools, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Greenberg, Polly; Epstein, Bea – 1973
Bridge-to-Reading is a comprehensive, easy-to-implement readiness curriculum (for ages 2 1/2 -- 6) based on the premise that young children learn language and prereading skills most easily by "doing" and then learning and using the words that explain their experiences. Each section in the series is presented in a separate notebook containing…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Early Childhood Education, Educational Resources, Grade 1
Grand, Carole; Gold, Rahla – 1973
The practical handbook is designed to help the beginning early childhood teacher teach effectively in the classroom. Sections of the guide are arranged chronologically, beginning with before-school preparations and the first day of school. Chapters examine children's independence; language arts activities (including storytelling techniques and the…
Descriptors: Creativity, Early Childhood Education, Guides, Language Arts
Jones, Juanita; And Others – 1973
This handbook, written in a conversational tone, is to help the teacher of very young children work effectively with the child who evidences a high risk for a learning disability. Based upon the theories of child development of Gesell, Piaget, and Kephart, this manual attempts to provide prescriptive activities for specific learning problems in…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Emotional Development, Language Acquisition, Learning Disabilities
Emrick, John A.; And Others – 1973
Results of an interim evaluation of selected aspects of the Follow Through Program are described. Analyses are described for two cohorts: children entering the program in 1969 (2 year's data) and those entering in 1970 (1 year's data). Measures on program impact on the children included achievement, quantitative skill, language arts, cognitive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Affective Behavior, Cognitive Processes
Adkins, Dorothy C.; And Others – 1972
A curriculum has been designed to teach the following 5 components of motivation to achieve in school: (1) affective, or enjoying school, (2) conceptual, or seeing oneself as a learner, (3) purposive, or goal setting, (4) instrumental, or actively moving toward goal attainment, and (5) evaluative, or self-assessing progress toward goals. Field…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Behavior Change, Criterion Referenced Tests
Mooney, Ross L.; Smilansky, Sara – 1973
This cross-cultural study investigated methods of using drawing to develop the cognitive abilities of disadvantaged preschool children. Five teaching methods were compared in parallel programs in Tel-Aviv, Israel and Columbus, Ohio. The Traditional Method, in which materials are supplied but are not used to emphasize cognitive development was used…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Materials, Art Teachers, Cognitive Development
Van De Riet, Vernon; Resnick, Michael B. – 1973
This study explores (a) the relative effects of the Learning to Learn Program on the educational competencies of the experimental children (E) who attended the Learning to Learn Program as compared to control children (C) who participated in traditional preschool and primary grade programs; and (b) the developmant and longitudinal educational…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Home Programs, Intellectual Development
