Childhood Education articles from March 2002

Childhood Education archives from March 2002

Bullying among children.
March 22, 2002... Six-year-old Sam is barely eating. When asked by his dad what is wrong, he bursts into tears. "The kids at school keep calling me a nerd, and they poke and push me," he sobs. "There's a kid at school no one likes," 7-year-old Anika shares...

Planning meaningful curriculum: a mini story of children and teachers learning together.
March 22, 2002... The constructivist approach to education espouses the belief that children are capable learners with many questions, ideas, feelings, and theories about their world (Cadwell, 1997; Cadwell & Fyfe, 1996; Chaille & Britain, 1997; Edwards,...

The Maasai's education and empowerment: challenges of a migrant lifestyle.
March 22, 2002... "No pedagogy which is truly liberating can remain distant from the oppressed by treating them as unfortunates and by presenting for their emulation models from among the oppressors." --Freire, 1993, p. 36 The 2001 Annual Theme issue of...

The critical literacy process: guidelines for examining books.
March 22, 2002... The power of literature to affect the lives of young children is awesome and far-reaching. Reading or story time is a highly regarded practice in many classrooms, homes, and libraries. The vast majority of early childhood and elementary...

Merry-go-round: using interpersonal influence to keep inclusion spinning smoothly.
March 22, 2002... In a sunny classroom, a smiling child experiments with wet and dry sand, trying to re-create a sandcastle she saw at the beach the previous weekend. Another child hands her a small pail, then a still smaller one, hoping that one of them might...

Parents or pop culture? Children's heroes and role models.
March 22, 2002... One of the most important features of childhood and adolescence is the development of an identity. As children shape their behavior and values, they may look to heroes and role models for guidance. They may identify the role models they wish to...

Siblings. (For Parents Particularly).
March 22, 2002... "Our daughter has been very good with the baby, but has become defiant and sometimes hostile to her mother. We feel like asking her, `Who are you and what have you done with our daughter?'!" "Why do I have to take out the garbage? You never...

Storm Coming. (Books for children: poetry).
March 22, 2002... Baird, Audrey B. STORM COMING. Il. by Patrick O'Brien. ISBN 1-56397-887-3. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2001. 32 pp. $15.95. This enjoyable collection of poems celebrates the sounds and sights of storms, and captures, through the eyes...

Witness. (Books for children: poetry).
March 22, 2002... Hesse, Karen WITNESS. ISBN 0-439-27199-1. New York: Scholastic Press, 2001. 161 pp. $16.95. Black and white; Jewish and Christian; child, adolescent, teen, middle-age, and mature; student, constable, farmer, clergyman, rum runner, doctor,...

Way to Go. (Books for children: poetry).
March 22, 2002... Morrison, Lillian WAY TO GO! Sports Poems. Il. by Susan Spellman. ISBN 1-56397-961-6. Honesdale, PA: Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press, 2001. 48 pp. $16.95. Lillian Morrison has captured in poetry the emotional thrills associated with athletic...

Remember Pearl Harbor: American and Japanese Survivors Tell Their Stories. (Books for children: nonfiction).
March 22, 2002... Allen, Thomas REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR: American and Japanese Survivors Tell Their Stories. ISBN 0-7922-6690-0. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 2001. Unp. $17.95. Moving eyewitness accounts and riveting photographs chronicle the...

Brooklyn Bridge. (Books for children: nonfiction).
March 22, 2002... Curlee, Lynn BROOKLYN BRIDGE. Il. by author. ISBN 0-689-83183-8. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2001. 35 pp. $18.00. Often cited as a monument to the genius and industriousness of the modern world, the Brooklyn Bridge provides...

How Dogs Came From Wolves: and Other Explorations of Science in Action. (Books for children: nonfiction).
March 22, 2002... Myers, Jack HOW DOGS CAME FROM WOLVES: And Other Explorations of Science in Action. Il. by John Rice. ISBN 1-56397-411-8. Honesdale, PA: Caroline House/Boyds Mills Press, 2001. 64 pp. $17.95. This is an ideal book for any young reader...

Sharks! Strange and Wonderful. (Books for children: nonfiction).
March 22, 2002... PringIe, Laurence SHARKS! Strange and Wonderful. Il. by Meryl Henderson. ISBN 1-56397-863-6. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2001. 32 pp. $15.95. This awesome book about sharks is a terrific read for all those interested in marine...

Aero and Officer Mike: Police Partners. (Books for children: nonfiction).
March 22, 2002... Russell, Joan Plummer AERO AND OFFICER MIKE: Police Partners. Photographs by Kris Turner Sinnenberg. ISBN 1-56397-931-4. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2001. Unp. $15.95. This intriguing book answers questions young children might have...

Little Panda: the World Welcomes Hua Mei at the San Diego Zoo. (Books for children: nonfiction).
March 22, 2002... Ryder, Joanne LITTLE PANDA: The World Welcomes Hua Mei at the San Diego Zoo. Photos courtesy of the Zoological Society of San Diego. ISBN 0-689-84310-0. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. 30pp. $16.95. Glorious color photographs tell the...

Harley. (Books for children: myriad *).
March 22, 2002... Livingstone, Star HARLEY. Il. by Molly Bang. ISBN 1-58717-048-5. New York: SeaStar Books, a division of North-Star Books, 2001. Unp. $14.95. What a surprise to learn that Harley, a large, gangling llama, guards sheep! Livingstone's...

Mr. Beetle. (Books for children: myriad *).
March 22, 2002... Tada, Satoshi MR. BEETLE. Il. by author. ISBN 1-57505-561-9. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, 2001. Unp. $15.95. Children will enjoy this story about a small boy who befriends a giant beetle. Mr. Beetle leaves his home in the forest to...

They Came From The Bronx: How The Buffalo Were Saved From Extinction. (Books for children: myriad *).
March 22, 2002... Waldman, Neil THEY CAME FROM THE BRONX: How the Buffalo Were Saved From Extinction. ISBN 1-56397-891-1. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2001. Unp. $16.95. It's an October morning in 1907. A Comanche boy sits beside his grandmother on a...

Nose to Toes. (Books for children: fiction).
March 22, 2002... Baillie, Marilyn NOSE TO TOES. Il. by Marisol Sarrazin. ISBN 1-56397-319-7. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2001. Unp. $15.95. Guess what amazing things young boys and girls discover they can do as they pretend to be like animals! They...

The Reluctant Flower Girl. (Books for children: fiction).
March 22, 2002... Barasch, Lynne THE RELUCTANT FLOWER GIRL. Il. by author. ISBN 0-06028809-4. New York: HarperCollins, 2001. Unp. $14.95. This is a delightful story of two sisters, April and Annabel, who also are best friends. April is afraid she will lose...

No Bad News. (Books for children: fiction).
March 22, 2002... Cole, Kenneth NO BAD NEWS. Il. by John Ruebartsch. ISBN 0-8075-4743-3. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman, 2001. Unp. $15.95. Wonderful, expressive, black-and-white photographs help make this book unique. A young boy named Marcus is saddened...

The Runaway Rice Cake. (Books for children: fiction).
March 22, 2002... Compestine, Ying Chang THE RUNAWAY RICE CAKE. Il. by Tungwai Chau. ISBN 0-689-82972-8. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2001. Unp. $16.95. Chinese New Year has arrived at the Chang house! As the family gathers to prepare...

The Life of a Star. (Books for children: fiction).
March 22, 2002... Easton, Kelly THE LIFE OF A STAR. ISBN 0-689-83134-X. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001. 200 pp. $16.00. Kristin Folger, the 14-year-old protagonist in Kelly Easton's first novel, is struggling as she grows up in a family troubled by the...

Bernard Goes to School. (Books for children: fiction).
March 22, 2002... Goodman, Joan Elizabeth BERNARD GOES TO SCHOOL. Il. by Dominic Catalano. ISBN 1-56397-958-6. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2001. 32 pp. $15.95. Mama, Papa, and Grandma elephant accompany Bernard for his first day of school. Upon...

Winter Shoes for Shadow Horse. (Books for children: fiction).
March 22, 2002... High, Linda Oatman WINTER SHOES FOR SHADOW HORSE. Il. by Ted Lewin. ISBN 1-56397-472-X. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2001. Unp. $15.95. The sound of a blacksmith's hammering draws a young boy to his father's shop on a cold winter...

Counting Kisses. (Books for children: fiction).
March 22, 2002... Katz, Karen COUNTING KISSES. Il. by author. ISBN 0-689-84570-5. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2001. Unp. $14.00. How many kisses does it take to say good night? The whole family--mom, dad, granny, big sister, pup, and kitty--all...

Family. (Books for children: fiction).
March 22, 2002... Monk, Isabell FAMILY Il. by Janice Lee Porter. ISBN 1-57505-485-X. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books. 32 pp. $15.95. Young Hope is excited about her family's annual get-together at Aunt Poogee's house. This year's dinner will be extra...

Mabela the Clever. (Books for children: fiction).
March 22, 2002... Read MacDonald, Margaret, MABELA THE CLEVER. Il. by Tim Coffey. ISBN 0-8075-4902-9. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman, 2001. 30 pp. $15.95. Although the tiniest mouse in the pack, Mabela is the most clever. She figures out that the cat,...

Mice and Beans. (Books for children: fiction).
March 22, 2002... Ryan, Pam Munoz MICE AND BEANS. Il. by Joe Cepeda. ISBN 0-439-18303-0. New York: Scholastic Press, 2001. Unp. $15.95. Rice and beans, fresh-squeezed lemonade, a birthday cake, and seven candles for her granddaughter's birthday--Rosa Maria...

Dig, Wait, Listen: a Desert Toad's Tale. (Books for children: fiction).
March 22, 2002... Sayre, April Pulley DIG, WAIT, LISTEN: A Desert Toad's Tale. Il. by Barbara Bash. ISBN 0-688-16614-8. Singapore: GreenwillowBooks, 2001. Unp. $15.95. Skitter, skitter, scratch. Tsk, tsk, tsk. The Southwest desert is full of the sounds of a...

The Journey. (Books for children: fiction).
March 22, 2002... Stewart, Sarah THE JOURNEY. Il. by David Small. ISBN 0-374-33905-8. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2001. Unp. $16.00. Travel with a young Amish girl as she spends a week in the great city of Chicago for the first time. Look over her...

The Great Good Thing. (Books for children: fiction).
March 22, 2002... Townley, Roderick THE GREAT GOOD THING. ISBN: 0-689-84324-0. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. 216 pp. $17.00. Sylvie, a princess in a storybook, wants more excitement in her life. The author takes a novel approach by describing...

Charlotte's Choice. (Books for children: fiction).
March 22, 2002... Twomey, Cathleen CHARLOTTE'S CHOICE. ISBN 1-56397-938-1. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2001. 184 pp. $15.95. Secure within the love of her caring family in a small Missouri town during the early part of the 20th century, Charlotte...

The Art of Awareness: How Observation Can Transform Your Teaching. (Professional Books).
March 22, 2002... THE ART OF AWARENESS: How Observation Can Transform Your Teaching. D. Curtis & M. Carter. St. Paul, MN: Redleaf Press, 2000. 173 pp. $29.95. The Art of Awareness is an irresistible invitation to a journey of self-reflection and discovery. With...

Cultivating Heart and Character: Educating for Life's Most Essential Goals. (Professional Books).
March 22, 2002... CULTIVATING HEART AND CHARACTER: Educating for Life's Most Essential Goals. T. Devine, J. Ho Seuk, & A. Wilson, Eds. Chapel Hill, NC: Character Development Publishing, 2001. 484 pp. $22.95. Intended for a broad range of readers (educators,...

Language Ideologies: Critical Perspectives on the Official English Movement. Volume 1, Education and the Social Implications of Official Language. (Professional Books).
March 22, 2002... LANGUAGE IDEOLOGIES: Critical Perspectives on the Official English Movement. Volume 1, Education and the Social Implications of Official Language. R. D. Gonzalez, with I. Metis, Eds. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 2000....

Building Successful Partnerships: a Guide for Developing Parent and Family Involvement Programs. (Professional Books).
March 22, 2002... BUILDING SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIPS: A Guide for Developing Parent and Family Involvement Programs. National PTA. Bloomington, IN: National Education Service, 2000. 237pp. $18.95. This practical guide is intended for parents, teachers,...

Lifetime Guarantees. (Toward Ambitious Literacy Teaching). (Professional Books).
March 22, 2002... LIFETIME GUARANTEES (Toward Ambitious Literacy Teaching). Shelley Harwayne. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2000. 384pp. $25.00. Shelley Harwayne's Lifetime Guarantees offers an abundance of activities and strategies for promoting not just...

The Child and the Machine: How Computers Put Our Children's Education at Risk. (Professional Books).
March 22, 2002... THE CHILD AN THE MACHINE: How Computers Put Our Children's Education at Risk. A. Armstrong & C. Casement. Beltsville, MD: Robins Lane Press, 2000. 256 pp. $16.00. The Child and the Machine is an excellent and informative resource. This...

The Power of Social Skills in Character Development: Helping Diverse Learners Succeed. (Professional Books).
March 22, 2002... THE POWER OF SOCIAL SKILLS IN CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: Helping Diverse Learners Succeed. J. L. Scully. Port Chester, NY: National Professional Resources, 2000. 198 pp. $29.95. The Power of Social Skills in Character Development is a practical,...

Preparing educators to work with students from diverse backgrounds. (Among The Periodicals).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... In this issue of "Among the Periodicals," Anarella Cellitti reviews current articles related to educating children and youth from diverse populations. Several of the articles reviewed deal with multicultural and multilingual education. --J.A....

An Ethic of Caring in Teaching Culturally Diverse Students. (Among The Periodicals).
March 22, 2002... AN ETHIC OF CARING IN TEACHING CULTURALLY DIVERSE STUDENTS. S. Perez. Education, 2000, 121(4), 102-105. Samuela Perez suggests that academic performance will improve and parental involvement will increase if teachers, parents, and children work...

Program Helps Latinas and Their Teachers See Possibilities: Sociotransformative Constructivism to the Rescue. (Among The Periodicals).(Brief Article)(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2002... PROGRAM HELPS LATINAS AND THEIR TEACHERS SEE POSSIBILITIES: Sociotransformative Constructivism to the Rescue. M. Adam. Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, 2001, 10(5), 56-61. This article reports the results of a program in New Mexico called...

Teachers of Gifted Students: Suggested Multicultural Characteristics and Competencies. (Among The Periodicals).(Brief Article)(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2002... TEACHERS OF GIFTED STUDENTS: Suggested Multicultural Characteristics and Competencies. D. Ford, Y. Trotman, & M. Frazer. Roeper Review, 4(5), 235-239. As part of their call for revising teacher preparation of gifted students, the authors...

Respond to Stories with Stories: Teachers Discuss Multicultural Children's Literature. (Among The Periodicals).(Brief Article)(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2002... RESPOND TO STORIES WITH STORIES: Teachers Discuss Multicultural Children's Literature. J. Mathis. Social Studies, 2001, 4(6), 155-160. Mathis describes how a literature discussion group for teachers can lead to discussions of cultural issues,...

A Comparative Analysis of Teachers', Caucasian Parents' and Hispanic Parents' Views of Problematic School Survival Behaviors. (Among The Periodicals).(Brief Article)(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2002... A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TEACHERS', CAUCASIAN PARENTS', AND HISPANIC PARENTS' VIEWS OF PROBLEMATIC SCHOOL SURVIVAL BEHAVIORS. L. Aoroe & N. Ron. Education and Treatment of Children, 3(11), 314-324. The authors report that a high percentage of...

Preservice Teachers Integrate Understanding of Diversity Into Literacy Instruction: an Adaption of the ABC Model. (Among The Periodicals).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... PRESERVICE TEACHERS INTEGRATE UNDERSTANDING OF DIVERSITY INTO LITERACY INSTRUCTION: An Adaptation of the ABC Model. H. Xu. Journal of Teacher Education, 2(7), 135-142. The author contends that gearing specific information and practices to...

Preparing English Teachers to Teach Diverse Student Populations: Belief Challenges, Proposal for Change. (Among The Periodicals).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... PREPARING ENGLISH TEACHERS TO TEACH DIVERSE STUDENT POPULATIONS: Belief Challenges, Proposal for Change. L. Rosen & D. Abt-Perkins. English Education, 4(15), 251-266. While the number of culturally diverse students is increasing, the number of...

Learning Styles, Culture, and Inclusion Instruction in Multicultural Classrooms: a Business Management Perspective. (Among The Periodicals).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... LEARNING STYLES, CULTURE, AND INCLUSION INSTRUCTION IN MULTICULTURAL CLASSROOMS: A Business Management Perspective. G. De Vita. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2001,38(2), 165-174. This article highlights the importance of...

Viewing babies/baby viewers. (Films/Videos/DVDs).(Brief Article)(Buyers Guide)
March 22, 2002... From the time a baby is brought into the home, television and videos are part of the environment. Parents often keep the television on while feeding, dressing, or playing with their children. Obviously, television and videos are here to stay,...

The Infinite Joy of Infancy. (Films/Videos/DVDs).(Baby's World, Language of Being, Reason and Relationships, part of A Whole New World series)
March 22, 2002... Three videos from the series A Whole New World are worth a look. The first, A Baby's World, focuses on development from the infant's point of view, beginning with birth scenes. Substantive information about infants' development is clearly...

A peek-a-view. (Films/Videos/DVDs).(Sounds)
March 22, 2002... Sounds is the seventh installment in the Small Fry series, which is aimed at an infant and toddler audience. Unlike many other videos for this age group that increasingly rely on jumpy music-video style camera work, the presentation in Sounds...

Baby Math. (Films/Videos/DVDs).(Numeracy)
March 22, 2002... Numeracy, the initial offering in the Baby Math series, introduces basic math concepts such as one-to-one correspondence and counting. The narrator asks older children to count familiar objects (e.g., fruit, shoes). The videography is concise,...

Helpin children deal with trauma and terrorism. (ERIC/EECE Report).(articles, reports, and web sites reviewed)(Bibliography)
March 22, 2002... This column summarizes recent ERIC documents and journal articles, and highlights some World Wide Web resources, that discuss ways of helping children deal with traumatic events, both natural and human-caused, including the effects of...

A review: journal of research in childhood education. (Connecting Classroom Practice and Research).
March 22, 2002... In this issue, the authors extend our knowledge of children and learning on a variety of topics. The first article examines teachers' beliefs concerning the importance of different developmental skills and abilities that emerge in early...

Preschool Teachers' Beliefs Concerning the Importance of Various Developmental Skills and Abilities. (Connecting Classroom Practice and Research).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Preschool Teachers' Beliefs Concerning the Importance of Various Developmental Skills and Abilities --Kowalski, Pretti-Frontczak, & Johnson The authors investigate teachers' beliefs regarding the importance of different developmental...

Longitudinal Effects of Kindergarten. (Connecting Classroom Practice and Research).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Longitudinal Effects of Kindergarten --Prince, Hare, & Howard This study determined that the differences in achievement existing at the end of the 3rd grade among 367 students who attended public kindergarten, non-public kindergarten, or no...

What General Educators Have to Say About Successfully Including Students with Down Syndrome in Their Classes. (Connecting Classroom Practice and Research).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... What General Educators Have To Say About Successfully Including Students With Down Syndrome in Their Classes --Wolpert The purpose of this research is to find how general education teachers involved in the inclusion of children with Down...

Understanding the Gap Between an AmericaReads Program and the Tutoring Sessions: the Nesting of Challenges. (Connecting Classroom Practice and Research).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Understanding the Gap Between an AmericaReads Program and the Tutoring Sessions: The Nesting of Challenges --Roe & Vukelich As more and more schools and service agencies turn to tutoring for assistance, the authors contend that many...

Children's Books in Child Care Classrooms: Quality, Accessibility, and Reasons for Teachers' Choices. (Connecting Classroom Practice and Research).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Children's Books in Child Care Classrooms: Quality, Accessibility, and Reasons for Teachers' Choices --Stone & Twardosz This study gathered information regarding the child care teacher's role in selecting, reading, and making accessible...

Gender Roles in Children's Literature: a Review of Non-Award-Winning "Easy-to-Read" Books. (Connecting Classroom Practice and Research).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Gender Roles in Children's Literature: A Review of Non-Award-Winning "Easy-to-Read" Books --Poarch & Monk-Turner Using non-award-winning "easy-to-read" books, the authors replicated research that analyzed gender differences in character...

Visual and Nonvisual Processes in Grade 6 Students' Mathematical Problem Solving. (Connecting Classroom Practice and Research).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Visual and Nonvisual Processes in Grade 6 Students' Mathematical Problem Solving --Lowrie & Clements This paper reports an investigation into the problem-solving methods employed by three 6th-grade students. Data were collected for one...

Three Nigerian Primary School Teachers: Classroom Days. (Connecting Classroom Practice and Research).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Three Nigerian Primary School Teachers: Classroom Days --Sunal, Inuwa, Sunal, & Haas The purpose of this case study was to construct a "snapshot" of a few days in the life of three Nigerian teachers. In this study, three primary school...

Evaluation of Pedagogical Quality in Early Childhood Education: a Cross-National Perspective. (Connecting Classroom Practice and Research).(evaluating centers using Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Evaluation of Pedagogical Quality in Early Childhood Education: A Cross-national Perspective --Sheridan & Schuster In a comparative study, observers from different countries made parallel and independent observations of the quality of early...

Learning about technology. (From Our Readers).
March 22, 2002... The Fall 2001 Childhood Education Review of Research article, "Children and Technology," by Carol Wright, caught my attention. I wish to comment on it and offer observations toward increasing understanding, knowledge, and education--in short,...

Talking about gender inequity. (From Our Readers).
March 22, 2002... I had the opportunity to read your article "Emergent Inquiry: Using Children's Literature To Ask Hard Questions About Gender Bias" (Carol Walker and Martha M. Foote, Childhood Education, Winter 1999/ 2000) and I'm writing this letter to tell...

Sensitivity in the classroom. (From Our Readers).
March 22, 2002... I just finished reading the article "Holidays in the Public School Kindergarten" in the Winter 2001/02 issue of Childhood Education. I admire the authors' efforts to incorporate spirituality in early education. As they note, this is a...

Outstanding teachers. (President's Message).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Recently, I had one of the most fulfilling experiences of my professional life. One of the opportunities available to the President of ACEI is participation on the Chief State School Officers' committee to choose the National Teacher of the...

Professional development schools: partnerships that work. (From the Executive Director).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Last October, I attended a press conference in Washington, D.C., at which the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) announced the release of new standards for professional development schools (PDSs). Professional...

The value of international cooperation. (Vice President's Vista).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... The Finland ACEI Branch considers their main challenges to be developing and supporting children's well-being, as well as influencing educational policy and supporting teachers' professional work. In November, Finland ACEI held a conference to...

Thursday's child. (Peace Education and Conflict Resolution Network).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... We have used the nursery rhyme "Monday's Child" as a theme to help us pull together the many thoughts that we wanted to share in this column: Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe: "Why Can't We Have Peace?" For years, children have...

In memoriam.(teacher Lila Jones)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
March 22, 2002... We are saddened to report that long,time member Lila Jones of El Cerrito, California, passed away September 15, 2001, at the age of 92. Jones had been a kindergarten teacher in the Richmond (California) School District for 40 years. Prior...

Perspective from the United Nations and New York City. (Advocacy in Action).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Upon word that the World Trade Center and the Pentagon had been viciously attacked by terrorists, the United Nations was immediately evacuated and the Special Session for Children was indefinitely postponed. Worldwide media broadcast the images...

Helping teacher candidates become reflective about their practice. (Teacher Educator/Professional Standards).
March 22, 2002... While teacher education traditionally has focused on curriculum and instruction, assessment and accountability have become just as important. Teacher candidates must be able to document their knowledge and skills, in order to meet state and...

Recipes that foster creative arts and crafts. (Classroom Idea-Sparkers).(Brief Article)(Recipe)
March 22, 2002... Essential components of learning experiences for children include the opportunity to imagine, explore, discover, and create. The Classroom Idea-Sparkers for this issue feature a variety of simple recipes that can be used by children, of all...

Classroom tips for teachers.(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... * Plan meaningful opportunities for children to engage in art experiences that are correlated to the curriculum * Provide children with a sufficient amount of space and elbow room to complete each activity * Allow students to socialize...

Members' expertise brings calm amid uncertainty. (Public Affairs).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... ACEI's continuing mission to safeguard children's well-being in the home, school, and community has rarely seemed so pertinent. The tragic events of last fall weigh heavily on everyone's minds. Many parents have struggled to explain the...

KidsCom Jr.--new web site for ages 3-7.(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... KidsCom Jr. (www.kidscomjr.com) has recently been launched to help kids ages 3 to 7 have fun while learning on-line safety and developing their Internet and computer skills. KidsCom Jr. offers games and activities designed specifically for this...

Hold to enduring truths. (Memberandum).(Association for Childhood Education International)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... As I write this article, the Northern Alliance forces in Afghanistan have just captured the city of Kabul. Two months ago, I could not have pointed to Kabul on a map. Probably many of you also would have had trouble locating the Afghan capital...

Towards San Diego 2002!!! (Branch Business).(Association for Childhood Education International)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Yes, I know it is winter! Nevertheless, now is the time to start planning for ACEI's 2002 Conference in San Diego, California. Please send in your ideas for the Leadership Training Workshop, which is scheduled for Friday, April 5, from 1:00 to...

Distance learning. (Student Slant).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Distance learning," "videoconferencing," and "on-line discussions" are frequently heard terms nowadays. Although I understood the concepts behind the terms, I did not have the opportunity to be involved in such experiences before. I am sure...

Mabel Hokanson honored at Minneapolis ACEI Teacher of Distinction Awards Ceremony. (ACEI Awards and Honors).(Association for Childhood Education International)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... On May 7, 2001, the Minneapolis ACEI Branch held their eighth annual Teacher of Distinction Awards Ceremony. The presentation was held during ACEI's Week of the Classroom Teacher. Among the honored guests at the ceremony was Branch member Mabel...

National Arbor Day Foundation invites 5th-graders to show off creativity.(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... The National Arbor Day Foundation is inviting 5th-grade classrooms across the United States to showcase their artistic talent, while they learn about trees, by participating in its annual Arbor Day National Poster Contest. Themed "Trees are...