Young Children Learning : A Teacher's Guide to Kindergarten.

The first part of this guide describes how kindergarten children learn and develop and how teachers can enhance children's intellectual, physical, and social development in the context of their activity in a prepared, play-based environment. Topics addressed include physical development, sensory awareness, motor skills, creative movement, skilled actions with others, self-care, social-emotional development, self and others, rules and routines, intellectual development, cognitive processes and abilities, basic concepts and logical thinking, reading and writing, and investigation. The second part describes how to create the special environment, how to organize space, make a schedule, observe, plan activities and trips, use materials, and evaluate the program. Attention is given to organizing space in the classroom; freedom to move in the classroom; playgrounds and gyms; and materials such as water, sand, clay, playdough, painting equipment, fingerpaint, collage, blocks, and wood. The third part provides a few basic resources for setting up the classroom; these include floor plans and lists of equipment, books, records, and activities. (RH)

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