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Dunn, Sonja; Pamenter, Lou – 1990
This book offers 80 original chants for teaching children to play with language, discover their ownership of language, and experiment with language. The book states that chants can provide a strategy that develops reading skills, ease in dramatic situations, sidebars in art work, communication abilities, awareness of self and environment, and…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Childrens Games, Individual Development, Language Experience Approach
Download full textOglan, Gerald R. – 1997
This book aims to help teachers who are committed to whole language principles explain the philosophy to their students' parents. It addresses the concerns of parents who most likely grew up in a traditional, teacher-centered educational system, and who therefore might be unfamiliar with a whole language approach to language arts. Drawing on work…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedWhitaker, Nancy – Music Educators Journal, 1994
Maintains that the whole-language approach to reading and writing presents another challenge to music teachers who are asked to create complementary instruction as part of an integrated curriculum. Discusses three commonly agreed-on characteristics and areas of disagreement among those who advocate the whole-language approach. (CFR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Individual Instruction, Integrated Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Approach
Collins, Norma; Smith, Carl, Comp. – 1990
Originally developed for the Department of Defense Schools (DoDDS) system, this learning package on extending the basal is designed for teachers who wish to upgrade or expand their teaching skills on their own. The package includes a comprehensive search of the ERIC database; a lecture giving an overview on the topic; the full text of several…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Distance Education
Hobson, Eric; Shuman, R. Baird – 1990
Arguing that students should be encouraged frequently to listen, to speak, to read, and to write in all areas of the curriculum and to begin asking the questions that reveal the dependence that exists between various bodies of knowledge, this book is based on the whole-language theory. The book is designed not only to help students learn such…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communication Skills, Critical Thinking, High Schools
Fisher, Bobbi – 1998
Applying the conditions of natural learning to create caring kindergarten classroom environments may support students as lifelong learners. This book presents a natural learning classroom model for implementing a whole-language approach in kindergarten. The chapters are as follows: (1) "My Beliefs about How Children Learn"; (2) "Applying Whole…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Dramatic Play
