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Clements, Douglas H.; Sarama, Julie – Early Childhood Today, 2005
This article focuses on how young children build math skills in everyday play and activities. Children focus on six categories of mathematical content including classifying, exploring magnitude, enumerating, investigating dynamics, studying patterns, and exploring spatial relations. The article gives advice to both teachers and parents on how they…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Play, Mathematics Instruction, Class Activities

Swain, Sherry Seale – PTA Today, 1992
This article describes the process approach to writing instruction, examining the literature-based approach to reading and the whole-language learning approach. In whole-language classrooms, reading, writing, listening, and thinking are interwoven. The article offers ways for parents to support such approaches at home and school. (SM)
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Elementary Education, Family Involvement, Literacy
Elliott, Alison, Ed. – Early Childhood Australia, 2005
"Every Child" is Australia's premier early childhood publication, aimed at anyone involved in the care and education of children from birth to eight years--in particular child care professionals, teachers, child care students and the parents of young children. Published quarterly, it contains informative and entertaining articles on such…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Visual Arts, Dramatic Play, Young Children