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Education Resource Strategies, 2012
"School Budget Hold'em" is a game designed to help school districts rethink their budgeting process. It evolved out of Education Resource Strategies' (ERS) experience working with large urban districts around the country. "School Budget Hold'em" offers a completely new approach--one that can turn the budgeting process into a long-term visioning…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Central Office Administrators, School Districts, Games
Baldwin, Mark K., Ed. – 1992
This series of leaflets provides information about nature education in outdoor settings. Each issue begins with an account of a personal experience with children in nature. Following the personal narrative is a section titled, "A Nature Primer," which provides scientific information about a topic in nature. The next section, "Ready,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Entomology, Experiential Learning, Learning Activities
Eaton, Gail Mangan – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1989
Goals of the Children's Museum of Boston are to encourage curiosity, skepticism, and realism while providing opportunities for discoveries and new insights. The museum addresses the needs of young children through adolescents by providing a multicultural environment and participatory learning centers. (JDD)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Exhibits, Experiential Learning
Chancellor, Mindi Long – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1989
The inquiry approach of Discovery Place of Birmingham, Inc., in Birmingham, Alabama, invites children of all ages to explore the excitement of science, technology, art, and humanities. The educational resource center provides interactive exhibits, hands-on materials, teacher workshops, and family programs. (JDD)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Exhibits, Experiential Learning
Herman, Marina Lachecki; And Others – 1991
This book was developed to teach children about nature by encouraging their curiosity about the natural world through outdoor activities. The book describes 186 learning activities that encourage children to experience and appreciate the earth. The learning activities are arranged and presented in theme sections to illustrate "the Sense of…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Conservation (Environment), Curiosity, Elementary Secondary Education
Ford, Phyllis – 1983
Numerous physical, mental, and behavioral activities that parents and their 3- to 5-year-old children can enjoy together are suggested in this activity guidebook. The guide suggests ways parents can give their children a good start at developing the abilities and ideas that are fundamental to all future learning at home before the children begin…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Cognitive Development, Educational Objectives, Experiential Learning
Cansler, Dot – 1982
Originally conceived as an adjunct to the publication "A Planning Guide to the Preschool Curriculum," this home activities guide can be used by any parent of a young child. The guide consists of 44 units (each centered on a specific concept) designed to provide a variety of cognitive, sensory, and motor experiences. Most of the home activities…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Childrens Literature, Concept Formation, Curriculum Enrichment
Apelman, Maja; King, Julie – 1989
Children have many natural opportunities to learn about the basic aspects of quantity. This booklet is addressed to parents who want to support their children's mathematical growth. The activities presented suggest many ways in which parents and children can use mathematics in their environment. The activities are organized around common…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Experiential Learning, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
Waxman, Barbara; Robinson, Nancy M.; Mukhopadhyay, Swapna – 1996
This book developed as an outgrowth of a two-year study of 300 children discovered during preschool or kindergarten to be advanced in their mathematical thinking. Among other findings, the study revealed that the children tended to remain advanced in math over the two-year period, that their spatial reasoning related more closely to their math…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Clubs, Early Childhood Education
DeBruin, Jerry – 1986
Designed to develop creativity in young learners, this book contains interdisciplinary activities which focus on the theme of nature. Activity pages are provided that can serve as front and back covers of a student booklet and the suggested activities can be duplicated for insertion between the covers resulting in a booklet for each student. A…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Experiential Learning
Friedman, Judi – 1984
Designed for teachers of students in grades 2 through 4, this teaching guide for a self-teaching, interdisciplinary reading and activity program comprises a complete supplemental reading, science, and social studies approach to the problems of environmental pollution. Jelly Jam, a caring little animal, helps children understand how air, water, and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Environmental Education
Debban, Barbara, Comp.; And Others – 1987
This booklet provides parents with information to help them get the most from their enrollment in parent education cooperative groups. Orientation information is presented for both the Parent Walkabout/Parent Toddler Programs and the Parent Cooperative Preschool Programs at Columbia Basin College (CBC), Washington. Informative material on the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Development, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs
Debban, Barbara, Comp.; And Others – 1987
This handbook is intended for parents in the Parent Education Program at Columbia Basin College (CBC), Washington. It is designed to help them learn about their role as a participating parent, as an assistant teacher, as a group member, and as a student in a parent education cooperative group. The importance of parent education is emphasized. A…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Development, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs
Jones, Claudia – 1990
This book emphasizes the importance of parents actively working to ensure that their children receive the best and most effective education, and aims to help parents and children have fun learning together. Chapter 1, "A Healthy Self-Concept," discusses the stages of middle childhood (6-10 years) and preadolescence (11-13 years) and issues of…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning
Kanter, Patsy F.; Dorfman, Cynthia Hearn, Ed. – 1992
This booklet is one in a series on different education topics intended to help parents make the most of their child's natural curiosity and become an integral part of reaching the National Education Goals as set forth by the President and governors in 1990. The book suggests ways that parents can generate interest in mathematics in children aged…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students
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