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Clark, Amy; Henderson, Peter; Gifford, Sue – Education Endowment Foundation, 2020
"Improving Mathematics in the Early Years and Key Stage 1" reviews the best available evidence to offer five recommendations for developing the maths skills of 3-7-year olds. Recommendations include integrating maths into different activities throughout the day -- for example, at registration and snack time -- to familiarise children…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Teaching Methods
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Hannibal, Mary Anne – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1999
Presents research findings and suggestions on how children learn to categorize shapes. Discusses specific ways to present developmentally appropriate activities designed to enhance children's understanding of basic shapes. Contains 12 references. (ASK)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Dodge, Diane Trister; Colker, Laura J.; Heroman, Cate – 2000
The Creative Curriculum for early childhood education is a teaching framework that addresses children's emotional, cognitive, and physical development. This supplement to the Creative Curriculum is designed to enhance teachers' effectiveness in understanding how content is linked to teaching and learning in a developmentally appropriate curriculum…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Guides, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Smyser, Sheryl O'Sullivan – 1996
The early childhood education field is changing rapidly, and the theories and methods used in preschools and kindergartens--such as child-centered, hands-on learning--are now influencing the way primary school is taught. This book is designed to be a brief overview of the field of early childhood education. Chapter 1 describes the historical and…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design
Siu-Runyan, Yvonne, Ed.; Faircloth, Victoria, Ed. – 1995
Using reading and writing to learn, inquire, construct, and examine ideas across the curriculum is central to an integrated curriculum. Too many middle school students do not view writing as a communication process that permeates the curriculum, nor reading as an active, constructivist process whereby various perspectives can be examined and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Adolescent Development, Curriculum Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices