Provides answers to questions commonly asked by parents concerning beginning reading instruction. Emphasizes the development of oral language competence, and reading and writing for meaning, rather than formal instruction, and drill in reading skills. (PCB)

Designed for use in conjunction with Volume I of a trainer's manual, which provides suggestions for planning and implementing workshops to teach high school teachers and other youth-serving adults about the need for and methods of instruction in critical television viewing skills, this booklet (Volume II of the trainer's manual), contains print…

Suggests steps that parents (in particular), teachers, and other adults can take to help relieve children's stress and to help children cope with stress at home and in school. (BB)

Highlighted by Katy's early reading and writing experiences, guidelines to help young children become effective readers and writers are offered to parents and teachers. (BB)

Containing many handouts for parents, this manual for parent group trainers provides guidelines for conducting workshops on the nature and value of young children's play and on regulating children's television viewing. In addition to the guidelines, the manual offers basic information about play, suggests hands-on activities, and provides a list…

Discusses: (1) development and use of the Lamme/Green Scale of Children's Development in Composition; and (2) scales of spelling development as a guide for teachers and parents to use in assessment of kindergartners' and other young children's progress in compositional writing. (BB)

Reports the results of interviews with three-, four-, and five-year-old children at various child care centers in Columbia, South Carolina, concerning their fears. The fear of "monsters" was most often reported. Suggests what parents and teachers can do to help children cope with their fears. (BB)

Describes a Science Activities Contract program. Students agree to do four activities at home, and their parents agree to encourage and supervise the children in completing the activities. (PR)

Focusing on the theory that the newspaper can play an active role in children's education, this handbook shows parents how to use the newspaper to help their children learn and review the many skills needed in today's complex world. It suggests that parents (1) share the responsibility for teaching their children, (2) keep in mind children's…

Activities for home and school designed to help children become aware of their own inner authority and ability to choose are offered in this book. Techniques and activities are based on the principles of psychosynthesis, a comprehensive educational approach to human growth and development pioneered in 1911 by Italian psychiatrist Robert Assagioli.…

Discusses two approaches that parents and preschool teachers can use to encourage fantasy play among young children: creating a supportive environment and taking part in play. The ages of the children involved can help teachers decide which method is more helpful. (BB)

This document contains the basic mathematics expectations for high school students that are part of the Common Curriculum Framework for K-12 Mathematics in western Canada. The intent of this collaboration is to clearly communicate the high expectations for students in mathematics education to all educational partners across the jurisdictions in…

Based on a concern for the disproportionately high separation rate of American Indian families, the National American Indian Court Judges Association (NAICJA) applied for a grant to develop and offer the Indian-specific parent training program under which this training curriculum manual was developed. Composed of eight sections, the manual…

This final section of an eight-part series of computer literacy workshops for classroom teachers provides forms for monitoring students' computer progress and reporting to parents, tips on computer use, ready-to-reproduce badges for computer-achieving students, fun computer facts, and a list of free or inexpensive resources and materials. (MBR)

Presents an account of observations, descriptions, and interpretations of children's representations. Offers examples of ways teachers and parents can help children expand their language, actions, and images to symbolize their experiences. (BB)