Early Childhood Institute Proceedings (2nd, Tifton, Georgia, September 17, 1983).

After listing the conference schedule, planning committee, program speakers and presiders, this document reprints materials related to 11 conference workshops and an exhibit on creating teacher-made preschool materials. The keynote address is summarized in the form of short restatements of child development principles. Materials from the workshops include (1) learning activities for teaching 3- to 8-year-olds concepts about autumn; (2) a discussion of how to plan and construct playgrounds using donated materials and parent labor; (3) an outline on the causes and identification of handicapping conditions of children; (4) information on the identification and reporting of child abuse and neglect; (5) examples of good and bad ways to organize art activities for early childhood; (6) math readiness activities for preschoolers; (7) a discussion of management styles and theories commonly used in supervising school staff; (8) guidelines for planning menus for preschools; (9) a form used for preschool teacher evaluation; and (10) a summary of the benefits of using musical movements to help teach 3- to 9-year-olds concepts and skills from the school curriculum. (CB)

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