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Rachel Dickler-Mann; Nichole L. Nageotte; Karen Hays; Emily R. Peterson; Luis Vasquez; Angela Barber; Shelby E. McDonald – Journal of Museum Education, 2024
Museum-based settings such as zoos provide a unique opportunity to engage educators in professional development opportunities. For instance, zoo settings can provide professional development opportunities focused on facilitating learning through a lens of conservation action to promote sustained action by teachers and their students. In this…
Descriptors: Museums, Recreational Facilities, Faculty Development, Conservation (Environment)
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Wilson, Allison – Childhood Education, 2022
Early language experiences are vital to children's future success in school and quality language-rich interactions can be promoted at home and around the community in many creative ways. Project ELLO (Everyday Language and Learning Opportunities) is a research-based public engagement campaign that began as a novel and efficient way to address…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Academic Achievement, Learning Experience, Language Acquisition
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Phillips, Meghan; Tsuda, Emi; Wyant, James – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2023
The preschool years are essential for developing physically active lifestyles and social-emotional well-being. This article introduces the PASS (Physical Activity and Social Skills) physical education program, which identifies specific ways to develop fundamental motor skills, provide physical activity opportunities, and promote social-emotional…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Skill Development, Social Emotional Learning, Physical Education
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Laranjeiro, Dionísia – Education Sciences, 2021
Recent studies indicate tablets as the preferred devices of preschool children, due to portability, autonomy of use and variety of apps. There is also extensive evidence of the contributions of digital technologies in different areas of learning at these ages. The Aprender XXI project aimed to develop game-based learning apps, with content…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Computer Software, Computer Games
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Gerde, Hope K.; Apol, Laura; Skibbe, Lori E.; Bucyanna, Carol M. – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
Overcoming challenges to quality early education in developing nations, TEACH Rwanda, one high-performing education system, offers a model of childhood learning through sensitive teacher dispositions, child-centred play, and culturally relevant materials. This manuscript provides a unique window into the practices of a quality early childhood…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Early Childhood Education, Developing Nations, Play
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Dahle, Anne Elisabeth; Løge, Inger Kristine – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2018
This study examined whether Norwegian children who were referred to The School Psychology Services (SPS) for either language difficulties or social difficulties at kindergarten age demonstrated co-existing weak skills in the other area at 33 months and whether some of them could have been identified and referred earlier. Forty-three children…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Norwegian, School Psychology, Kindergarten
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Zhang, Kaili C. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2019
This article describes the practical application of an innovative bilingual preschool program that involves two-way immersion of both English and Chinese in classrooms. This has not been written about extensively, especially in the context of early childhood classrooms in Asian countries. The primary goal of the two-way immersion kindergarten is…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Bilingual Education Programs, Kindergarten, Foreign Countries
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van Rooijen, Martin; Jacobs, Gaby – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2019
Interest in the professionalisation of childcare workers is growing, as the responsibility for children's upbringing and development is extended from the family area to early childhood education and care institutions. This sector is subject to intensified guidelines, where the overprotective tendency in society towards children has resulted in…
Descriptors: Professionalism, Risk, Child Caregivers, Child Development
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Kharod, Deepti; Arreguín-Anderson, Maria G. – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2015
This paper describes an environmental education initiative called Starting out Wild (SoW) designed for toddlers and their caretakers. The program, developed by staff and volunteers of a city parks department, engages children ages 1-3 and their parents and caretakers through outdoor learning experiences. We suggest that environmental education…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Program Descriptions, Preschool Education, Lesson Plans
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Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2013
Several sectors and levels of organizations, agencies, and projects are involved in promoting and providing education, care, and intervention services for young children and their families in Illinois. State government entities involved in matters of early care and education include the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), the Department of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Institutional Characteristics, State Boards of Education, Program Descriptions
Marietta, Geoff; Brookover, Elisha – Foundation for Child Development, 2011
Despite skyrocketing growth in its English Language Learner (ELL) population, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) has been remarkably effective in improving outcomes for ELL students across the district. Achievement has increased, and gaps between ELL students and their native English-speaking peers have decreased. This success is intentional.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Public Schools, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
US Environmental Protection Agency, 2006
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to ensure schools and child care facilities are safe environments for the nation's children. In response to rising public concern over the health risks posed to young children by lead in the drinking water, EPA is launching a "3Ts--Training, Testing, and Telling" program. This…
Descriptors: Water Quality, Water, Testing, Hazardous Materials