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Peer reviewedCastle, Kathryn – Childhood Education, 1985
Discusses the value of tool-use activities to help toddlers develop emerging skills, experience creative expression, and understand means-end relationships. Provides examples of opportunities for using objects as tools, including language acquisition, self-help activities, dramatic play, sensory experiences, and object manipulation. (DST)
Descriptors: Childrens Games, Cognitive Development, Creative Expression, Developmental Tasks
Download full textRiley, Mary Tom – 1991
SHAPES--an acronym for the South Plains Child Care Management Services (SpCCMS) Helping, Assisting and Preparing Educators and Staff--is also the name of a preschool readiness curriculum that is being developed for use by administrators and teachers. The first phase of the curriculum development consists of the publication of five books to be used…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Developmental Tasks
Thompson, Debra S. – 1993
In recognition of the close relationship between motor skill and cognitive development in the first 2 years of life, this guide presents 78 developmentally appropriate activities that parents and teachers can use to enhance infant and toddler motor development. Activities are categorized by age group as follows: (1) 16 activities for newborn to…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Tasks
Kaminski, Lorraine B.; Dornbos, Karen L. – 1991
The middle school concept was devised to counteract the tendency of junior high school programs to mimic those of the high school at the expense of addressing the developmental needs of students who are in the process of physical maturation. This book on curriculum design focuses on the importance of the middle school and understanding…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Design, Developmental Tasks
Bluma, Susan; And Others – 1976
Intended for instructional personnel working with rural handicapped and nonhandicapped children (birth through 5 years), the documents provide English and Spanish versions of a checklist of behaviors to record an individual child's developmental progress, a card file listing possible methods of teaching these behaviors, and a manual of direction.…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides
Furman, Erna, Ed. – 1995
This collection of essays is written for parents, professional teachers, and caregivers to enlighten the readers about preschool children's development, the role of parent and teacher, and the nature of the parent-caregiver partnership. The essays emphasize how to observe, to understand, and to intervene with preschoolers, teachers, and parents,…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Development, Child Rearing, Cognitive Development
