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Michèle M. Mazzocco; Margaret R. Burchinal; Ann C. Schulte; Deborah Lowe Vandell; Ashley Sanabria; Jin Kyoung Hwang; Carol McDonald Connor – Grantee Submission, 2024
To provide a landscape of mathematics activities children experience in U.S. preschool and kindergarten classrooms, we observed time children spent in mathematics activities (and -- as a contrast -- literacy) in 101 geographically diverse early childhood classrooms in seven U.S. states. We also observed what mathematics content, grouping…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Activities
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Isom, Christie – English in Texas, 2014
Engaging young students in an authentic writing process is an important part of their literacy development. Equally important is maintaining a developmentally appropriate classroom where young students explore, create, and play. In this article, the author shares her endeavors into implementing an illustration study during writer's workshop and…
Descriptors: Freehand Drawing, Kindergarten, Preschool Children, Writing Processes
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Breslin, Casey Marie; Morton, Jane R.; Rudisill, Mary E. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2008
In Fall 2006, North Carolina kindergarten teachers were charged with the task of meeting the NASPE guidelines for providing daily physical activity to their kindergarten students. In turn, the teachers researched resources and consulted experts to design and develop a developmentally appropriate physical activity and physical play environment for…
Descriptors: Play, Physical Activities, Program Implementation, Kindergarten
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Burts, Diane C.; And Others – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1992
Children in developmentally inappropriate kindergarten classrooms exhibited more stress than children in developmentally appropriate classrooms. In inappropriate classrooms, African Americans exhibited more stress than whites during most class activities. Low-SES and African-American children were less involved in appropriate activities than were…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children
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Harkins, Margaret A. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2001
Discusses developmentally appropriate career guidance for young children to prepare them to make later life career decisions. Outlines objectives for working with young children, including increasing occupational awareness and exploration, enhancing their knowledge of self and others, and continuing their development of academic and work- related…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Exploration, Career Guidance, Class Activities
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Xu, Shelley Hong; Rutledge, Amanda Lynn – Young Children, 2003
One kindergarten teacher engaged children in conversations about environmental print and thus made literacy learning more meaningful and personally connected to the children's outside school experiences. Activities included an environmental print show-and-tell, and small-group and whole-class word-logo matching activities. It was concluded that…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Environment
Sherman, Gwen – 1992
This practicum report describes an intervention during the 1990-1991 school year that involved restructuring a kindergarten classroom to include more developmentally appropriate activities. Expected outcomes were stated in the following terms: (1) the arrangement of the classroom will allow free, orderly movement; (2) the county's kindergarten…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Class Activities, Classroom Design, Classroom Techniques
Merrell, Kenneth W.; Parisi, Danielle M.; Whitcomb, Sara A. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2007
Social-emotional competence--it is a critical part of every child's school success, and just like any academic subject, children need instruction in it. Developed by a top expert, these proven curricula will help promote the social-emotional competence and resilience of children and adolescents. Divided into four age levels from kindergarten…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Creative Activities, Class Activities, Emotional Development
DeVries, Rheta; Zan, Betty; Hildebrandt, Carolyn; Edmiaston, Rebecca; Sales, Christina – 2002
This book provides a constructivist interpretation of developmentally appropriate preschool and kindergarten curriculum, incorporating descriptions of how activities are transformed over time and how children's reasoning is transformed, and placing the interpretation in the context of the play-oriented approach advocated by the National…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Constructivism (Learning), Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
Paulson, Lucy Hart; Noble, Linda Attridge; Jepson, Stacia; van den Pol, Rick – 2001
This book is a resource and activity guide for early childhood educators and care providers that helps to enhance the development of early and emerging literacy skills in young children. Its philosophy is based on the premise that both language and literacy development begin at birth and that educators and caretakers of young children have a…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Care, Class Activities, Cultural Awareness
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Malo, Eve; Bullard, Julie – 1991
This handbook was developed to assist educators and parents in fostering children's self-concept through developmentally appropriate kindergarten experiences. Guidelines for parental involvement, classroom volunteers, and families under stress are included. The handbook describes basic characteristics of children from ages 3-8 in terms of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Class Activities, Cognitive Style, Curriculum Development
Brown, Victoria; Pleydell, Sarah – 1999
Noting that there are few resources available for preschool or kindergarten teachers committed to providing high-quality drama experiences to students, this book explores ways teachers can maximize the drama experience in preschool and kindergarten classrooms. Topics discussed in the book's introduction include dramatic play and early development,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Class Activities, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Drama
Indiana State Dept. of Education, Indianapolis. – 1994
This volume contains summaries of 13 presentations at the PACE (Positive Approaches to Children's Education) conference. The titles are: "Fabulous Fitness Fun" (Deborah L. Arfman); "Manipulative Equipment Modified for Success" (Noel Bewley); "Fitness Play-Focus on Fun" (Noel Bewley); "Keeping Them All Moving:…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Aerobics, Childrens Games, Class Activities
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
The curriculum presented in this bulletin is a response to a definite need frequently expressed by kindergarten teachers, primary teachers, and school men. The work of the different grades has been fairly standardized as to subject matter and method, and is usually outlined quite definitely for the guidance of teachers in the course of study. But…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Music Education, Art Education, Language Arts