Language and Literacy in Early Childhood: Camping, Canoes, and Adventure for Profoundly Hearing-Impaired Children.

Lewinsky, Tricia Zacharias; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ459564

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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Language and Literacy in Early Childhood: Camping, Canoes, and Adventure for Profoundly Hearing-Impaired Children.

Lewinsky, Tricia Zacharias; And Others

Volta Review, v94 n4 p359-64 Sep 1992

The development of an integrated, experience-based "Canoe" unit for a class of children (ages four and five) with profound hearing impairments is recounted, including initiating experiences (such as making a cardboard canoe), using the children's interests as the basis of unit development, and organizing a culminating one-day camping trip. (DB)

Descriptors: Adventure Education, Camping, Class Activities, Deafness, Early Childhood Education, Experiential Learning, Learner Controlled Instruction, Learning Activities, Special Classes, Student Experience, Units of Study

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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