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Fromboluti, Carol Sue; Magarity, Diane, Ed.; Rinck, Natalie – 1999
Noting children's inclination for things mathematical, this booklet of activities was written to help parents: use home activities to challenge their children's minds; to help parents and children enjoy mathematics; and to help parents ask their children questions that will get them thinking. The activities in the booklet require no special…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Language Acquisition, Learning Activities, Learning Processes
Baghban, Marcia – 1984
With practical applications for parents and teachers, this book uses diary entries, tape recordings, and videotapes made by the child's mother from a researcher's perspective to chronicle a child's reading and writing development from birth to age three. The introduction provides an overview of how children learn to talk, read, and write;…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Processes, Early Childhood Education, Early Reading
Fiderer, Adele; And Others – 1986
Intended for parents and teachers who are interested in the approximate level at which their primary school-age children should be writing, this document describes the type of writing children at each age can produce and how they go about producing it. An introduction makes this point and offers a set of writing process terms to describe…
Descriptors: Child Language, Childhood Attitudes, Childrens Art, Creative Writing
Chew, Charles R. – 1986
Reading to young children offers them many benefits including a sense of security which comes from physical closeness to an adult. In addition, the child perceives the format of print, begins to assimilate the basics of story construction, develops a prior knowledge base which is an essential ingredient of comprehension, and receives the message…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childrens Literature, Early Reading, Language Acquisition
Arnberg, Lenore – 1987
A discussion of the development of bilingualism in preschool-age children, intended for parents, focuses on the reasons for encouraging bilingualism and the role of family members and home environment in doing so. An introductory section offers background information on the book and a brief examination of the situation for emigrants coping with a…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingualism, Case Studies, Child Development