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Peer reviewedGreenstein, Betty Lesser; And Others – Young Children, 1974
Describes the Sumner Mobile Preschool program designed to help parents recognize the potential learning possibilities of a home-based pre-school program. Small groups of seven to ten children attend class in one of seven neighborhood homes in which the preschool meets. (CS)
Descriptors: Family School Relationship, Mobile Classrooms, Parent Participation, Preschool Education
Download full textAppalachia Educational Lab., Charleston, WV. – 1969
The early childhood education program described in this report is a 3-year program of preschool education to prepare 6-year-old rural children to perform tasks and acquire skills expected of the average child at the first grade level. Language, cognition, motor skills, and orienting and attending skills are emphasized. This program is proposed as…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Objectives, Home Visits, Mobile Classrooms
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1970
A breakthrough program to reach rurally isolated children to prepare them for first grade, the Appalachia Preschool Education Program was begun in September, 1968. Four-hundred fifty 3- to 5-year-olds are participating in three treatment groups: (1) children who, in or near their own homes, are shown a daily educational television program, have a…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Television, Home Visits
Alford, Roy W. – 1972
The introductory volume to the Home-Oriented Preschool Education (HOPE) Program describes all elements of the program and the requirements for implementation. HOPE is an approach to education for 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children that utilizes televised instruction, mobile classroom instruction, and parent instruction. This booklet is one of 7…
Descriptors: Educational Equipment, Educational Facilities, Educational Television, Home Programs
Howse, Jennifer – 1971
This report on the use of mobile facilities in preschool instruction programs is divided into four parts. Part I describes the three major mobile preschool instruction programs. The Appalachia Preschool Program and Southeastern Education Laboratory's Readimobile Program are being field tested as possible strategies for the delivery of…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Education, Flexible Facilities
Johnson, Vicki M.; O'Fallon, O. K. – 1974
The Clinch-Powell Educational Cooperative Early Education project was designed to provide preschool experience for 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children in rural Appalachia who would otherwise not have been able to attend a preschool program. In addition, the program was designed: (1) to provide children with the opportunity to socialize with other…
Descriptors: Home Visits, Intervention, Mobile Classrooms, Parent Child Relationship
Appalachia Educational Lab., Charleston, WV. – 1971
This document is the tenth in a series of 12 early childhood program descriptions compiled by the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development. The program described here is the Appalachia Preschool Education Program developed by the Appalachia Educational Laboratory. The Appalachia Preschool Program is a demonstration project…
Descriptors: Administration, Costs, Early Childhood Education, Educational Television
