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Petersen, Sandra – Young Children, 2012
If it is true that "new discoveries in neuroscience suggest that school readiness interventions might come too late if they start after the child is three years old", then the infant/toddler field must claim the concept of school readiness. The brain's foundation for all later learning is created in the first three years of life. As many…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Lifelong Learning, Brain, Infants
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Pierce, Jan; Johnson, Cheryl Lynn – Young Children, 2010
Early childhood educators frequently look for new ways to help children build social and emotional skills. Teachers want to use effective tools and strategies whether they are redirecting aggressive behavior or encouraging self-esteem and friendship. Persona dolls are one approach to supporting children's social-emotional development. Persona…
Descriptors: Aggression, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Emotional Development
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Petty, Karen – Young Children, 2009
Families and teachers spend countless hours supporting preschoolers and primary age children in the development of mental tools like focus, memory, and other problem-solving skills that help children think better, pay attention, and remember what they have experienced. Children use these tools to succeed in reading, writing, math, science, and…
Descriptors: Young Children, Sociocultural Patterns, Social Development, Developmental Psychology
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Gartrell, Dan – Young Children, 2007
Children with only months of life experience and brain development are just beginning to learn social problem solving. No wonder young children frequently make mistakes! Teachers tend to complain about tattling more than any other behavior. To many teachers, tattling is irksome, but there is more to this behavior than meets the eye. In this…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Guidance, Child Development, Interpersonal Competence
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Clements, Douglas H. – Young Children, 1987
Reviews the research concerning young children's use of computers in terms of their social/emotional development (peer interaction and cooperation, peer teaching and helping, social and cognitive interaction, and attitudes), language skills (language development, prereading reading, and writing skills), and mathematical and problem-solving skills.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Early Childhood Education, Educational Technology
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Gartrell, Dan – Young Children, 1997
Promotes the effort to amplify the concept of guidance to help children solve social problems. Defines guidance, traces the guidance tradition in early childhood education, examines the present trend toward guidance, explains what guidance is not, and illustrates key practices in classrooms where teachers use guidance. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
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Honig, Alice S. – Young Children, 1985
Discusses research which shows the development of compliance in infants and young children. Describes the relationships between compliance and attachment to parents, childrearing style, timing and setting of control techniques, and development of self-control and problem-solving abilities. Discusses the importance of mother-child relationships for…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Rearing, Cooperation, Discipline
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Bauer, Karen L.; Sheerer, Marilyn A.; Dettore, Ernest Jr. – Young Children, 1997
Described a naturalistic study of an Early Learning Lab which yielded examples of classroom management strategies that allowed young children to create their own solutions to help them feel empowered when accomplishing a task, while gaining self-confidence and a sense of identity from the experience. (Author/SD)
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Discipline