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Wright, Travis – Teachers College Press, 2023
Learn how to navigate the challenging terrain of connecting with a child who is deeply afraid, angry, and/or sad. Framing this work as emotionally responsive teaching (ERT), this book expands current conceptualizations of trauma-informed practice to encompass more broadly the relational demands of supporting young children with challenging life…
Descriptors: Trauma Informed Approach, Teaching Methods, Emotional Response, Psychological Patterns

Cutforth, Nicholas; Parker, Melissa – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1996
By participating in carefully managed writing exercises at the end of class, physical education students can learn to set goals, evaluate themselves, and communicate effectively. The article presents excerpts from student journals in which students express their feelings about their own work and how the class is taught. (SM)
Descriptors: Child Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Feedback

Smith, Charles A. – Young Children, 1986
Explains how story telling can help young children learn about the emotions and aspirations of others and the skills needed to support someone in stress. (HOD)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Psychology, Early Experience, Emotional Development
Connell, Donna Reid – Executive Educator, 1990
Elementary schools generally expect similar achievement levels of children who are 12 months apart in age at the kindergarten level. Suggests 11 steps to apply practices to primary grades that are common in working with younger children that allow for the normal variation in development that exists among children. (MLF)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Individual Development, Instructional Improvement
Smale, Marcelyn – Teaching Music, 1995
Maintains that one of the most difficult aspects of early childhood teaching is to set aside preconceptions and really pay attention to what children are doing. Maintains that music specialists who go into the early childhood room only at music time should seek other opportunities to observe students. (CFR)
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Interests, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes
Black, Susan – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2006
Teacher warmth and support, say University of Virginia researchers Bridget Hamre and Robert Pianta, have unparalleled power to help children adjust and achieve. Their 2005 study of 910 first-grade students included 5- and 6-year-olds whose mothers had low-level education and children identified with "significant behavior, social, and/or…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Mothers, Academic Achievement, Grade 1

Thompson, Christine Marme – Art Education, 1995
Asserts that the practice of drawing in sketchbooks contributes something valuable and unique to young children and to those who teach them. Maintains that voluntary drawings offer children a form of engagement in art-making that is substantially different from what they experience in lessons initiated by a teacher. (CFR)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Products, Art Teachers, Child Development
Wilcox, Ella, Comp. – Teaching Music, 1994
Contends that, from the earliest possible moment and even before birth, it is apparent that babies respond to sound stimuli. Presents a series of music activities designed to make music an integral part of children's lives. Includes activities involving singing, rhythm, musical instruments, and listening to guest musicians in the classroom. (CFR)
Descriptors: Child Development, Class Activities, Early Childhood Education, Learning Activities
Essa, Eva L., Ed.; Burnham, Melissa M., Ed. – National Association for the Education of Young Children, 2009
Best practice is based on knowledge--not on beliefs or guesses--about how children learn and develop. This volume contains 20 overviews of research on aspects of young children's social, emotional, cognitive, or physical development, as well as how the findings can be applied in the classroom. Originally "Research in Review" articles in NAEYC's…
Descriptors: Research, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Child Development

Koeller, S. A. – Children's Literature in Education, 1988
Argues against ritualized approaches to literature. Endorses four aesthetic teaching stances which vary the conversations that can occur between student and student, student and teacher, and student and literature, and which pursue a "playful" literature curriculum, value the unexpected, and allow conversations where children talk their…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Intellectual Development
MacDonald, Sharon – 2001
Based on the view that blocks are a tool that preschool teachers can use to teach all the skills and concepts necessary for children to be successful learners, this guide presents over 50 activities to enhance the preschool and kindergarten classroom's block corner. Chapter 1 of the guide illustrates the skills learned through block play in the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Class Activities, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten
Singh, Asha; Swaminathan, Mina – 1995
This guide for trainers offers a comprehensive child-centered perspective on training field workers in early childhood education. The theme of the role of play in child growth, development, and learning runs throughout the guide while its form, a series of structured exercises to help trainers handle all aspects of the subject, emphasizes the…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Training, Child Caregivers
Brickman, Nancy Altman, Ed.; Taylor, Lynn Spencer, Ed. – 1991
The High/Scope Curriculum is a developmentally based approach to early childhood education. The curriculum's "Extensions" newsletter, in which the articles in this collection first appeared, informs curriculum users about new developments relating to the High/Scope "open framework" curriculum. The articles are presented in…
Descriptors: Child Development, Curriculum Development, Day Care, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Gartrell, Daniel – 1994
Noting that the early childhood age group encounters--and poses--particular challenges that require understanding by early childhood teachers, this book presents theories and practical skills needed to administer discipline that will promote the educational development of young children and help them learn from their behavior. The guidance…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Behavior Problems, Behavior Theories
Bardige, Betty S.; Segal, Marilyn M. – ZERO TO THREE, 2005
This book is written for teachers, caregivers, and family child care providers who are working with children from birth to five. It presents research on child development and on effective teaching practices to foster very young children's ability to become literate. The book also provides practical suggestions for implementing research-informed…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Phonetics, Emergent Literacy, Language Acquisition
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