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Addressing Kindergarten Students’ Conflict Behavior: Encouraging Social-Cognitive Development, Pamela S. Lane-Garon

Addressing Kindergarten Students’ Conflict Behavior: Encouraging Social-Cognitive Development, Pamela S. Lane-Garon

A parallel is drawn between the natural course of development in young children’s social-cognition and conflict-related behavior. Conflict is viewed…
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Wearing Many Hats or How Kindergarten Teachers Adorn Their Heads, Candace Kaye

Wearing Many Hats or How Kindergarten Teachers Adorn Their Heads, Candace Kaye

This article examines early childhood theoretical “hats” that are possible choices for a kindergarten teacher to wear in the United…
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Reading, Writing, Talking, Thinking and Caring in the Kindergarten Classroom, John Shefelbine

Reading, Writing, Talking, Thinking and Caring in the Kindergarten Classroom, John Shefelbine

“New state kindergarten standards in California list reading content that used to be more commonly taught in first grade. This…
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Creating Music in Kindergarten, Gwendolyn McGraw

Creating Music in Kindergarten, Gwendolyn McGraw

In this article some approaches to creating music at the kindergarten level are described. An overview of exploratory and spontaneous…
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Zoology in the Early Childhood Curriculum, Saundra Plett

Zoology in the Early Childhood Curriculum, Saundra Plett

“This article details the progress of a zoology program in a Montessori class of 20 children, 3 to 6 years…
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Exploring Math Concepts with Children’s Books, Belle Akers

Exploring Math Concepts with Children’s Books, Belle Akers

“The purpose of this article is to discuss and demonstrate how childrenโ€™s literature is an important resource in mathematics instruction…
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