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Greene, Leon – 1990
Opportunities for the enhancement of total development must be available to children once they enter the educational system. The physical education program of the total school curriculum should provide these opportunities. Striving for the total development of children through physical activity is explained in the model for "thinking and feeling…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Individual Development, Learning Strategies

Michael, John A. – Art Education, 1986
This article reviews the major components of Viktor Lowenfeld's approach to art education, devoting specific attention to the misconceptions often attributed to his use of developmental stages. Notes that Lowenfeld was not the first individual to describe developmental stages in art learning and promotes a more accurate interpretation of how…
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages
Beers, Susan E. – 1984
The set of goals and plans that a writer might select to accomplish a given piece of writing is guided by the writer's conception of knowledge. In terms of cognitive theory, conceptions of knowledge may be viewed as epistemological schemata--structured clusters of knowledge about the nature of knowledge itself. William Perry's scheme of the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Developmental Stages, Epistemology
Crosser, Sandra – Early Childhood News, 1996
Discusses why the early childhood education curriculum should provide opportunities for children to deal with moral issues and think about right and wrong in developmentally appropriate ways. Suggests ways in which teachers can assist children in this development and activities that promote growing experiences. (ET)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Individual Development

Carson, Janet – Art Education, 1986
Maintains that amidst the flurry of excitement generated by discipline-based art education and other experiments designed to strengthen art education, it is still important to remember, in the "Lowenfeld tradition," the psychological help and wholeness the children derive from making art objects and talking about them with their teacher.…
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Crosser, Sandra – Early Childhood News, 1997
Notes that the practice of delaying school entrance for summer-born children, especially boys, to give them some academic advantage, is not substantiated by sufficient research. Describes a subsequent study indicating higher achievement for children held-out than those entering school on time. Argues for more research and consideration of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Early Admission, Emotional Development
Swaminathan, Mina – 1990
Providing guidelines on day care for children under 3 years of age in developing countries, this digest has been written out of a firm conviction that it is entirely possible for developing countries to provide a system of early childhood care and education that is affordable, humane, culturally appropriate, and supportive of child development.…
Descriptors: Child Health, Cognitive Development, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Pough, Carmen; Evans, Hattie – 1990
South Carolina's Guide to Child Development addresses three domains of learning: psychomotor, cognitive, and affective. The first unit of the guide, Child Development I, concerns the processes of understanding prenatal development, caring for an infant, providing care for children between 1 and 6 years of age, and delivering care for the…
Descriptors: Careers, Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Computer Software
Broughton, Belinda – 1986
For use in any classroom or group setting for young children, this arts curriculum guide provides a total of 112 learning activities equally distributed across the areas of creative movement, drama, music, and visual arts. The activities are correlated with the Learning Accomplishment Profile (LAP), a developmental assessment instrument. Because…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Cognitive Development, Creative Expression, Disabilities
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1983
One of a series of documents produced by a nationwide network of early childhood education specialists, teachers, parents, and Head Start staff, the guide describes developmental characteristics of preschool and elementary school students by grade level. Arranged into five curriculum areas, the first presents physical, motor, social, cognitive,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Development
Castle, Kathryn – 1994
Noting that care and teaching can be provided simultaneously by a knowledgeable, responsive, warm and loving parent or child care workers, this infant and toddler handbook provides developmentally sequenced cognitive, social, motor, and language activities, called "invitations," for infants and toddlers from birth to 24 months. Chapter 1,…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role, Child Development, Classroom Environment
Feldman, Richard; And Others – 1985
Intended to help early childhood educators examine ways in which guidance can be infused into daily instruction, this manual aims to enable teachers to act as facilitators in the guidance process without adding a new assignment to an already busy schedule. Section A describes the integration of five guidance strands into the early childhood…
Descriptors: Books, Career Awareness, Childrens Literature, Classroom Environment
Sunnyside School District, Tucson, AZ. – 1989
The kindergarten program of Tucson, Arizona's Sunnyside Unified School District aims to provide young children with opportunities to develop strong oral language skills, basic problem-solving abilities, fine and gross motor skills, and feelings of confidence and joy as a learner. In its 10 major sections, this color-coded kindergarten curriculum…
Descriptors: Art Education, Bilingual Education, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques