Recently added articles from Childhood Education:
Achieving success with African American learners: a framework for culturally responsive mathematics teaching.(Report)
Sep 22, 2009; ... For decades, one of the biggest challenges facing the United States has been that of providing equitable education for all students. Today, more than 50 years after the famous Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, which legally ended school segregation based on race, urban ...
Drawing opens pathways to problem solving for young children.
Sep 22, 2009; ... "He was all gone!" The tale of the Gingerbread Boy ends with a distinct tone of finality. As the book closes, the image of the clever and very hungry fox lingers and the words "snip, snap, snip" echo in the minds of young listeners. Children experience picture books as a ...
Pre-kindergartners learn to write: a "play on words".
Sep 22, 2009; ... "Ms. Holt, Ms. Holt, help me! I want to write this letter to Ms. Knight." Taryn ran up to Karen Holt, her teacher, to ask how to write the student teacher's name. Karen began spelling out loud: "K." Taryn's surprise was evident as she reminded Karen, "Her name is Ms ....
Calming rough wafers: teacher strategies for smoothing the transition to middle school.
Sep 22, 2009; ... In the United States, 88% of young adolescents experience a critical developmental milestone: the transition from elementary to middle school (National Middle School Association [NMSA] & National Association of Elementary School Principals [NAESP], 2002). While all grade transitions can be ...
Rice, rice, rice in the bin: addressing culturally appropriate practice in early childhood classrooms.(Personal account)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Chloe, Ben, Kim, and Jose are playing at the sensory table. Their teacher has filled half of the bin with rice. She adds food coloring to the rice to make it appealing so that the children can observe, interact, and play with the rice. As the children play, they talk with one another: ...