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Jacobs, Gera; Crowley, Kathy E. – Redleaf Press, 2006
This book offers lively, creative ideas to develop children's curiosity while helping them build the skills needed to succeed in kindergarten and beyond while meeting standards and benchmarks. "Play, Projects and Preschool Standards" has won the Distinguished Achievement Award for "Best Teacher Resource" in the professional…
Descriptors: Play, Physical Development, Academic Standards, Early Childhood Education
Hathaway, Warren E.; And Others – 1992
This report describes a 2-year study of the effects of various lighting systems on elementary school students' dental health, attendance, growth and development, vision, and academic achievement. The four light types used were: (1) full spectrum fluorescent; (2) full spectrum fluorescent with ultraviolet light supplements; (3) cool white…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Child Development, Classroom Environment
Koralek, Derry G.; And Others – 1993
This document contains volume I, volume II and the Trainer's Guide. Volume I contains 6 modules of a course of study designed to help individuals, either on their own or in a formal course of instruction, acquire the skills and knowledge needed to provide high-quality family child care for children from infancy through age 12. The other 7 modules…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Child Development, Child Health, Child Safety
Dodge, Diane Trister; Colker, Laura J. – 1992
This teaching guide provides teachers of young children with a philosophy and guidelines for teaching that address children's social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development. The guide describes a curriculum that offers teachers guidance, support, and freedom to be creative and responsive with children, and provides children, including…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Child Development, Childhood Needs, Class Organization
Szanton, Eleanor Stokes, Ed. – 1997
In child-centered education programs, children construct their own knowledge from their experiences and interactions with the world around them, and caregivers foster children's growth and development by building on children's interests, needs, and strengths within a safe and caring environment. The Step by Step educational program developed a…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role, Child Development, Classroom Environment
Dodge, Diane Trister; Colker, Laura J.; Heroman, Cate – 2002
This teaching guide provides teachers of young children with a philosophy and guidelines for teaching that address childrens social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development. The guide describes a curriculum that offers teachers guidance, support, and freedom to be creative and responsive with children, and provides children, including those…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Child Development, Childhood Needs, Class Organization
Dodge, Diane Trister; Colker, Laura J. – 1996
This Spanish-language teaching guide provides early childhood teachers with a philosophy and guidelines for teaching that address children's social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development. The guide describes a curriculum that offers teachers guidance, support, and freedom to be creative and responsive with children, and provides children,…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Child Development, Childhood Needs, Class Organization
Smith, Susan L. – 1996
Concerns about the quality of a before- and after-school program on an overseas military installation arose due to low staff morale, caregivers' lack of training and experience, and child behavior problems. This practicum project devised and implemented a 10-week training program to increase staff knowledge of developmentally appropriate practices…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Behavior Problems, Caregiver Training, Child Caregivers