Jerry Harste speaks on reading and writing
Tags: LITERACY programs; PRESCHOOL education; KINDERGARTEN; LANGUAGE & languages; CURRICULA (Courses of study); EARLY childhood education
Related Articles
- Emergent Curriculum. // YC: Young Children;Mar2006, Vol. 61 Issue 2, p29
The article presents the steps to follow for the emergent curriculum process. Selection of a topic that reflects interest expressed by children in their conversation is the number one thing to consider. Next, brainstorming can be developed to ensure that the topic has rich generative. Then,...
- Pre-K-Grade 3 Continuum Gets Sharper Focus. Garland, Sarah // Education Week;6/15/2011, Vol. 30 Issue 35, p7
The article reports on the pre-K-3 movement, a U.S. educational reform movement which aims to improve early education through various initiatives including universal access to preschool, mandatory full-day kindergarten, and integration of curricula from preschool to the third grade level. Topics...
- QUALITY COUNTS. // YC: Young Children;Mar2002, Vol. 57 Issue 2, p35
This article discusses a report that assessed the steps taken by U.S. states and the District of Columbia to improve early education opportunities. The report emphasized that quality education begins before kindergarten. An increase was observed on the proportion of preschool-age children being...
- Academic Redshirting of One Kindergarten-Age Boy. Taylor, A. Sean // YC: Young Children;Sep2003, Vol. 58 Issue 5, p94
The article focuses on the readiness of the author's son, Lee, for kindergarten. The author, following the findings of educational research and academic literature, decided to enroll Lee in a regular preschool class. However, such decision posed difficulty for Lee who struggled to make friends....
- Economic Classes Start in Kindergarten. // Education Week;1/12/1982, Vol. 1 Issue 16, p3
The article reports that school committee in Portland, Maine, has added economics to its basic curriculum. A nine-member curriculum committee has developed a guidebook to help teachers integrate economics education into the social-studies courses for kindergarten through grade 12. Basic economic...
- Minneapolis Schools Suspend High-Stakes Kindergarten Testing. Cohen, Deborah L. // Education Week;4/29/1992, Vol. 11 Issue 32, p1
The article reports on the suspension of the kindergarten testing in schools in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The reason for the suspension was cited. Details on the administration of a three-stage assessment which profiles a sample the capacity of children were cited. An institution of a kindergarten...
- Making home-school connections: Using the `Sesame Street Magazine' and `Parent's Guide' with kindergarten children and their parents. Strickland, Dorothy S.; Morrow, Lesley Mandel // Reading Teacher;Mar91, Vol. 44 Issue 7, p510
Describes how the authors devised a literacy program to involve parents in their kindergarten children's learning experiences, using `Sesame Street' magazine. Shared print materials; Activities; Themes.
- Improving Responsiveness to Intervention for English-Language Learners: A Comparison of Instructional Pace on Letter Naming Rates. Gilbertson, Donna; Bluck, John // Journal of Behavioral Education;Sep2006, Vol. 15 Issue 3, p131
An alternating treatments design was used to compare the effects of a 1-s and a 5-s paced intervention on rates of letter naming by English Language Learners (ELL). Participants were four kindergarten students performing below the average letter naming level and learning rate than other ELL...
- Follow-Up of Children From Academic and Cognitive Preschool Curricula at 12 and 16. Dale, Philip S.; Jenkins, Joseph R.; Mills, Paulette E.; Cole, Kevin N. // Exceptional Children;Spring2005, Vol. 71 Issue 3, p301
We report here cognitive and academic outcome measures at ages 12 and 16 for approximately 80% of a sample of 205 children who had been randomly assigned to 2 programs for developmentally delayed preschoolers, Direct Instruction (DI) and Mediated Learning (ML). There were no main effect...
