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Emerson, Peggy; Leigh, Cindy – 1979
The blockbuilding, painting, and oral expressions of young children provide evidence of a natural tendency to symbolize experience and to use the symbolic elements of expressiveness, creativeness, and living form. Up to the present time, educators have not fully grasped the fact that the need to symbolize is at the base of all education. They…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Criteria, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Education
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Rapp, Patty Clements – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1991
Briefly described is an instructional activity, the "Short Story Booklet," designed to aid exceptional students in grades 7-12 to put their thoughts on paper. The students write stories using processes of prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing and compile them into booklets. (DB)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Expressive Language, Learning Activities, Secondary Education
Nebraska Univ. Medical Center, Omaha. Meyer Children's Rehabilitation Inst. – 1981
Designed to accompany a slide and tape package, this booklet outlines the role parents can take in children's language development. Following an introduction which familiarizes parents with the concepts of receptive language (comprehension of spoken language) and expressive language (the information a person is trying to communicate and the form…
Descriptors: Child Language, Expressive Language, Language Acquisition, Language Skills
Schwartz, Judy I. – Academic Therapy, 1979
The importance of competence in both receptive and expressive language, selective perception, and a rich experiential background for reading readiness skills of hearing impaired children is empahsized. (CL)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Expressive Language
Buckley, Sue; And Others – 1986
The book summarizes the current state of knowledge concerning language development in children with Down Syndrome (DS). The first chapter reviews language development in normal children, noting such stages as gestures, first sounds, development of understanding, first spoken words, and the two-word stage. The next chapter examines language skills…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Case Studies, Delayed Speech, Developmental Stages
Jones, Jacquelyn O. – 1981
One of 10 documents developed for preschool programs for handicapped children, the manual presents classroom directed home training activities. The activities are based on such principles as the effectiveness of home instruction by a parent and the need for a parent to feel responsibility for the child's learning. Intended to provide teachers of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Emotional Development, Expressive Language, Hearing Impairments
Monroe County School District, Key West, FL. – 1990
Intended for use in Florida training programs for caregivers of infants and toddlers with disabilities, this guide presents an overview of the Model of Interdisciplinary Training for Children with Handicaps (MITCH); provides a user's guide to the series; and presents specific information for presenting Module 2, which focuses on speech and…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Cognitive Development