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Download full textBurchinal, Margaret R.; Krowka, Sarah; Newman-Gonchar, Rebecca; Jayanthi, Madhavi; Gersten, Russell; Wavell, Samantha; Lyskawa, Julia; Haymond, Kelly; Bierman, Karen; Gonzalez, Jorge E.; McClelland, Megan M.; Nelson, Kimberly; Pentimonti, Jill; Purpura, David J.; Sachs, Jason; Sarama, Julie; Schlesinger-Devlin, Elizabeth; Washington, Julie; Rosen, Emily – What Works Clearinghouse, 2022
By learning social-emotional, executive function, mathematics, and literacy skills in preschool, children are likely to be better prepared for the higher expectations and more formal curriculum in elementary school. Ensuring that all children are well prepared for elementary school is a priority for parents, caregivers, guardians, and policy…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, School Readiness, Evidence Based Practice
Direct linkGoldstein, Howard – Brookes Publishing Company, 2016
When young children struggle with phonological awareness and alphabet knowledge, how can you intervene early and prevent later reading difficulties? Get kids on the "PAth to Literacy" with this highly effective Tier 2 intervention. Developed for children ages 4 to 6 who need help with key early literacy skills, this supplemental…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Intervention, Video Technology, Faculty Development
Phillips, Beth M.; Phelan, Jennifer Levine – Florida Center for Reading Research, 2014
The VPK Learning Center Activities included with this guide are aligned with the Language, Communication and Emergent Literacy Domain within the Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards for Four-Year-Olds (2011). Although the goal was not to create an activity to represent each and every standard and benchmark, most standards are…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Preschool Education, Learning Centers (Classroom), Students with Disabilities
Vinton, Ken – 1996
Presenting activities, facts, and illustrations, this book takes learning the alphabet to a new level. After an introduction and a brief cartoon look at the history of the alphabet, the book presents 26 four-page mini-chapters (1 for each letter) that include a brief visual history of the letter; trivia tidbits; project ideas; a list of people,…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Class Activities, Creative Activities, Early Childhood Education
Instructor, 1982
This article suggests 11 projects for prekindergarten and kindergarten children (1) to teach letter recognition; (2) to develop eye-hand coordination; and (3) to help children understand weather; and (4) to provide art and drama activities on Thanksgiving themes. (PP)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Learning Activities, Letters (Alphabet), Teaching Methods
Benedict, Susan – Learning, 1984
In a whole-language kindergarten, children learn language skills in a social context. Suggestions on how to develop activities that focus on a different letter of the alphabet each week are offered. These activities tie together all areas of the curriculum. (DF)
Descriptors: Alphabets, Kindergarten, Language Skills, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedJones, Marian – Reading Teacher, 1983
Offers guidelines for helping children produce their own alphabet books. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Books, Language Acquisition, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedLitton, Nancy – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1995
Suggests ways to translate ideas in the book, "The Story of Z," into data analysis activities in kindergarten and second-grade classrooms. (MKR)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Data Analysis, Grade 2, Graphs
Perez, Idalia Rodriguez – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2008
This guide will help teach phonemic awareness to Pre K-3 students. It presents phonemic awareness as a sophisticated branch of phonological awareness through interactive activities that allows the student to succeed in learning the sounds represented by the letters of the alphabet. The book is designed to provide easy-to-follow suggestions for:…
Descriptors: Phonics, Beginning Reading, Phonemics, Alphabets
Stull, Elizabeth C. – Book Links, 1998
Presents a descriptive bibliography of children's alphabet books under the categories of: Animals and Nature, Cultures and Holidays, and Notable Graphics. Suggests activities for primary and intermediate grades which use these materials. (AEF)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Educational Resources, Elementary Education
King, Steve – Arts & Activities, 2001
Describes an art activity that enables beginning art students to practice their skills and techniques using watercolor as a medium. States that the students use paint, paper, and an inexpensive stencil set of the alphabet. Explains that students create a symmetrical design that fills the sheet of paper. (CMK)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Materials, Design, Educational Strategies
Merkoski, Kay – 1988
Three activity booklets are presented for implementing Project EAGLE, an enrichment program for gifted and talented kindergarten children. The first activity booklet contains a poem by J. D. Evans titled "In Search of the Xanthus," which describes the search for an imaginary beast that leaves an "X" on the spot where it used to be. The second…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Enrichment Activities, Gifted, Kindergarten
Fehring, Heather; Thomas, Valerie – 1984
Recognizing that learning to spell is a complex, active process of discovery, this book presents some suggestions for the teaching of spelling that may be incorporated into different types of language programs and adapted to suit the needs of children with a range of spelling abilities. Following the introduction, a section on beginning spelling…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Language Acquisition
Hohmann, Mary – 2002
Noting that phonemic awareness has been identified as an essential skill that prepares children for reading, this book contains 130 phonemic awareness activities suitable for small-group learning in preschools, prekindergarten programs, Head Start programs, child care centers, and home-based programs. Reflecting the teaching strategies of the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Kindergarten
School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1991
Provides fully developed library media activities designed for specific curriculum units. Curriculum areas represented include reading and language arts (proverbs and fables, letters of the alphabet, and biographies); science (the study of Gregor Mendel and genetics, oil resources); and social studies (global awareness). (LRW)
Descriptors: Biographies, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Fables
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