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ARIN Intermediate Unit 28, Indiana, PA. – 1973
The teaching guide for a circus unit to be used with handicapped children, 4 to 8 years of age, contains lists of instructional materials and lesson plans for 9 days. The unit described to be a culminating activity for the latter part of the year, is said to increase motor, academic, and perceptual skills of mentally, physically, emotionally…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Activities, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children
Kratochvil, Daniel W. – 1971
This is one of 21 reports dealing with the developmental history of recent and successful educational products. The report on the Frostig program is based upon: (1) published materials; (2) documents in the files of the developing agency; and (3) interviews with staff who were involved in the product development. All phases in the developmental…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Innovation, Instructional Materials, Material Development
Smith, Donna K., Ed. – 1973
The curriculum guide for early childhood education of the multiply handicapped covers motor, academic, and perceptual skills. Operational definitions and developmental characteristics of the mentally retarded introduce the guide. Considered are the role of the teacher and teacher's aide, the classroom facilities, and scheduling. A chapter on…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Guides, Early Childhood Education, Exceptional Child Education
Portland Public Schools, OR. – 1968
This guide is being used in the Individualized Motor-Perceptual Study to determine whether working directly with kindergarten children to improve performance on motor-perceptual tasks will affect reading ability at the end of grades one, two, and three. The 5-year project involves six schools. In this guide, there are tips for teaching, suggested…
Descriptors: Activities, Experiential Learning, Eye Hand Coordination, Grade 1
Many children with learning problems have difficulties with perceptual development. This bulletin, reporting the preliminary findings of a Cooperative Curriculum Project funded under Title III, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, discusses Kephart's definition of sensory motor perception. It defines and suggests activities and materials…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, Auditory Training, Curriculum Development
American Optometric Association, St. Louis, MO. – 1974
This activity book teaches elementary school students about good vision and eye safety through a combination of puppet plays, stories, songs, and games. Nine games are provided to help children develop vision skills including visual memory, visual perception, directionality, spatial orientation, and visual-motor responses. Master Plans for making…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Games, Elementary Education, Eye Hand Coordination
McCoy, Elin – 1975
This teacher's guide is composed of reading readiness activities for kindergarteners designed to: (1) lead from teacher-directed instruction toward independent learning and reinforcement activities; (2) help the teacher build on each child's previous background while teaching new learning strategies; and (3) emphasize six readiness areas…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Curriculum Guides, Early Childhood Education, Instructional Materials
Jordan, Ethel S. – 1972
The manual for the remediation of perceptual handicaps at the early childhood level provides information on child development, identification and testing procedures, training procedures, 20 lesson plans, and a listing of instructional materials. It is explained that the instructional program can be used in individual tutoring or small group…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Early Childhood Education, Exceptional Child Education, Identification
Minter, Margaret; And Others – 1975
This teacher's manual presents lesson plans and recipes designed for use with preschool children, discusses the need for early nutrition education, and offers suggestions for conducting cooking activities in the classroom. Specific ideas are provided to involve handicapped children in cooking experiences. Nutrition education in the preschool is…
Descriptors: Cooking Instruction, Curriculum Guides, Early Childhood Education, Eating Habits
Draper, Ingrid L., Comp; And Others – 1975
Presented is a resource guide which provides an overview of approximately 185 commercially prepared preschool educational materials available to regular and special education classroom teachers. Materials have been categorized into nine instructional areas: cognitive development, number concept development, perceptual-motor development, language…
Descriptors: Auditory Training, Cognitive Development, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1976
Designed for parents and teachers, the manual contains suggestions for approximately 70 inexpensively constructed games, activities, and manipulative materials for use with handicapped and non handicapped young children. Suggested are procedures for conducting materials workshops for parents and teachers. Instructions are provided for items…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Early Childhood Education, Educational Games, Exceptional Child Education
O'Brien, Rosemary, Comp. – 1976
Provided is a manual describing a model for early childhood services for visually impaired children (birth to school readiness) developed in Montgomery County, Maryland; presenting the philosophical framework from which the services were developed; and providing some field-tested strategies for intervention with the children and their families.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Conceptual Schemes, Early Childhood Education, Exceptional Child Research