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"They Just Won't Listen to Me": A Teacher's Guide to Positive Behavioral Interventions
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Rafferty, Lisa A. – Childhood Education, 2007
It has been estimated that as much as 20 percent of the school population may have some form of unidentified emotional or behavioral disorder; at some point in time, nearly all children exhibit problem behaviors. These behaviors often interfere with the learning environment and make it nearly impossible for teaching and learning to take place…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Teaching Guides
Estudios Sociales Para ninos de cinco anos.
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Van Camp, Sara S. – Childhood Education, 1982
Suggests that kindergarten teachers should once a week bring to class a news photograph which they can discuss with the children. Such an exercise can be used to create among the children a wider awareness of the world and to counter their tendency to focus exclusively on the self. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Egocentrism, Kindergarten, Primary Education
Classroom Transitions.
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Vartuli, Sue; Phelps, Carol – Childhood Education, 1980
Provides guidelines to teachers for managing smooth transitions from one preschool activity to another activity. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Administration, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Teaching Guides
37 Music Ideas for the Nonmusical Teacher.
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Warner, Laverne – Childhood Education, 1982
Suggests music activities for preschool and kindergarten classes that are especially suited for the nonmusical teacher. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten Children, Music Activities, Teacher Role
A Purple Hippopotamus? Why Not!
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Whitener, Carole Barham; Kersey, Katharine – Childhood Education, 1980
Describes the sequential development of art in young children. Suggests teaching methods for working with children in various art activities at several developmental stages. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Art Expression, Development, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education
"I Pledge...".
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Seefeldt, Carol – Childhood Education, 1982
Indicates how teachers can foster patriotism through experiences that are meaningful to young children, rather than relying on a daily recitation of the pledge of allegiance--an exercise which children frequently do not understand. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Democratic Values, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Developing a Concept of the WORD.
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Estrin, Elise Trumbull; Chaney, Carolyn – Childhood Education, 1988
Discusses three steps in the development of children's understanding of word knowledge: (1) awareness that words are language units; (2) awareness that words are arbitrary labels; and (3) comprehension of the term "word" in a metalinguistic way. Suggests activities that primary teachers can use to help children develop their word…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Concept Formation, Language Acquisition, Primary Education
The Physically Unattractive Child.
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Byrnes, Deborah A. – Childhood Education, 1987
Addresses the issues of the nature of physical attractiveness stereotypes, the root of aesthetic discrimination, and ways in which teachers can help children to accept one another without consideration of physical appearance. (BB)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Class Activities, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
Making Early Literacy a Natural Happening.
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Chafel, Judith A. – Childhood Education, 1982
Describes learning activities related to Halliday's schema of functional language development that teachers can use as a guide for planning early reading experiences. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Emergent Literacy, Instructional Design, Language Acquisition
Children as Cultural Anthropologists.
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Little Soldier, Lee – Childhood Education, 1989
Presents early childhood teachers with ways to teach basic concepts of anthropology. Notes the importance of selecting activities to teach these concepts only after curricular goals have been clearly defined. (BB)
Descriptors: Anthropology, Class Activities, Cultural Awareness, Early Childhood Education
Beginning Reading with Big Books.
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Cassady, Judith K. – Childhood Education, 1988
Provides guidelines and suggests activities for the use of big books--oversized children's books--with young children in beginning reading programs. (BB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Class Activities, Early Childhood Education, Reading Instruction
Effective Communication with Parents: A Process for Parent/Teacher Conferences.
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Gelfer, Jeffrey I.; Perkins, Peggy G. – Childhood Education, 1987
Offers suggestions for conducting an effective parent-teacher conference and using the information gained for the benefit of children. Suggestions are aimed at reducing anxiety and confusion on the part of parents and teachers and creating a working relationship that contributes to both parents' and children's development. (BB)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Early Childhood Education, Parent Participation, Parent Teacher Conferences
Making Connections: Facilitating Literacy in Young Children.
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Beardsley, Linda V.; Marecek-Zeman, Miriam – Childhood Education, 1987
Illustrates ways teachers can facilitate literacy and language development in preschool and kindergarten children by offering children a variety of opportunities to create connections between "reading" symbols, communicating ideas and mastering meaning. Among the suggested activities are oral language experience, printing of names and words, and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten Children, Language Acquisition
Questioning the Young Child: Process and Function.
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Cassidy, Deborah J. – Childhood Education, 1989
Examines the types of questions that teachers and other adults use with young children. The impact of these questions on children's cognitive development is also considered. Suggests questioning strategies for early childhood teachers. (BB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Questioning Techniques
Illustratorship: A Key Facet of Whole Language Instruction.
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Lamme, Linda Leonard – Childhood Education, 1989
Presents early childhood teachers with whole language ideas for helping young children establish a sense of illustratorship; these include studying favorite authors or illustrators, teaching children to recognize salient features of book illustrations, establishing a sense of audience, displaying children's drawings and writing, and publishing…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Early Childhood Education, Freehand Drawing
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