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Ideas for Mainstreaming Young Children.
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Morgan, Dorothy; York, Mary E. – Young Children, 1981
Points out positive aspects of mainstreaming for both hadicapped and nonhandicapped children. Indicates specific teaching approaches appropriate for children with special needs such as language/speech disability, and mental, hearing, visual and physical impairments. Provides 10 guidelines for teaching in the mainstreamed classroom. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Individual Characteristics, Mainstreaming
Myths Associated with Developmentally Appropriate Programs.
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Kostelnik, Marjorie J. – Young Children, 1992
Discusses nine common myths, which represent collective opinions based on false assumptions or are the product of fallacious reasoning, associated with developmentally appropriate programs for young children. (BB)
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Curriculum Design, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
The Teacher's Playing at My House This Week!
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Fox-Barnett, Marion; Meyer, Tamar – Young Children, 1992
Discusses the characteristics of child-centered home visits in early childhood and preschool programs. Offers strategies for making the visits and for evaluating them. Benefits of visits for children are considered. (BG)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Benefits, Family School Relationship, Guidelines
Older Adults in Early Childhood Programs: Why and How.
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Smith, Thomas B.; Newman, Sally – Young Children, 1993
Considers the ways in which young children, their families, and teachers and staff benefit from older adults' participation in early childhood and day care programs. Discusses the recruitment, screening, training, orientation, and supervision of older adults in early childhood programs. (BB)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Cognitive Development
Six Head Start Classrooms Begin To Explore the Reggio Emilia Approach.
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Gillespie, Catherine Wilson – Young Children, 2000
Documents the process of exploring the Reggio Emilia approach in Head Start classrooms in Iowa. Describes areas of exploration, including revising the classroom environments and daily schedules, using more documentation, instituting child-initiated projects, and collaborating on a deeper level with colleagues. Includes excerpts from children's…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cooperation, Documentation, Early Childhood Education
Successfully Moving toward Developmentally Appropriate Practice: It Takes Time and Effort!
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Vander Wilt, Judith L.; Monroe, Virginia – Young Children, 1998
Examines factors contributing to and preventing the implementation of developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) in early childhood education. Presents basic guidelines for DAP, illustrates the use of "both/and" thinking in early childhood practice, and describes the conversion of one school district to DAP. Concludes that administrative…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Educational Administration, Educational Principles
Intergenerational Literacy: A Developmental, Bilingual Approach.
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Quintero, Elizabeth; Velarde, M. Christina – Young Children, 1990
Describes the development and implementation of EL Paso Community College's model Intergenerational Literacy Project, which brings Spanish-speaking parents and their children together in the classroom in an effort to improve the two groups' literacy skills in English and Spanish. (BB)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, English Instruction