Childhood Education articles from March 2004

Childhood Education archives from March 2004

The dynamics of families who are homeless: implications for early childhood educators.
March 22, 2004... Family homelessness has emerged as a serious global problem (Stronge, 2000). Over the past 25 years in the United States, the makeup of the homeless population has changed significantly. As De Angelis (1994) reports: The landscape of...

Lesson adaptations and accommodations: working with native speakers and english language learners in the same science classroom.
March 22, 2004... In the late 1980s and 1990s several documents were published that clearly established the goals of science education for the next century, including Science for All Americans (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1990);...

Enchanting teachers among us.
March 22, 2004... The word enchanting brings forth images of flying joyfully among the stars to Never Land with Peter Pan, powered by the magic of Tinker Bell's sparkling fairy dust. Or our imagination conjures up an exciting world of elves, witches, and...

An unlikely pair--character education through literacy strategies.
March 22, 2004... Many, if not most, of our general education students will have interactions with a person with a disability at some time during their lives; they may become the parent of a special needs child; have a family member, neighbor, or co-worker with...

Alternative strategies for preparing middle school technology education teachers.
March 22, 2004... This teacher education program experimented with innovative methods for identifying potential technology teacher candidates, and with providing training methods that take advantage of candidate's existing technological expertise and experience....

New accountability: hidden costs for teachers and students.(President's Message)
March 22, 2004... Dear Colleagues, No matter where I travel around the world, I hear teachers talk about "the required testing" and accountability. Often, teachers worry about whether their students will achieve the expected scores that indicate student...

Given a choice, let's dance.(From The Executive Director)(Association for Childhood Education International)
March 22, 2004... At the Executive Board meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, last April, ACEI President Jacqueline Blackwell shared her personal philosophy and goals for ACEI with the other members of the Board. I recall the discussion regarding her idea to implement...

Celebrate diversity.(Diversity Concerns)
March 22, 2004... As we celebrate who we are as a people and what we value in ourselves, in each other, and in our institutions, we celebrate diversity! Our world is so diverse in so many ways--it is an awesome wonder. The range of our communities' ethnic,...

Barbara Loeb.(In Memoriam)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
March 22, 2004... ACEI is saddened to report that longtime ACEI member Barbara Loeb, of New Orleans, Louisiana, has passed away. Loeb has been described as a pioneer of early childhood education. She was the founder of Children's Place Preschool. Loeb began her...

Join us in Williamsburg!(From the Heritage Committee)(Association for Childhood Education International)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2004... The Heritage Committee is sponsoring a conference tentatively planned for August 14-17, 2004, in Williamsburg, Virginia. We selected this particular location because of the rich history of both ACEI and of Williamsburg. You do not have to be a...

Call for annual business meeting & membership resolutions.(Association for Childhood Education International)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2004... The ACEI Annual Business Meeting will be held on Friday, April 16, 2004, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., in conjunction with the Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. The ACEI Constitution authorizes members to vote on matters of official...

Scaffolding enables reflective thinking to become a disposition.(Teacher Education)
March 22, 2004... For experienced teachers and teacher educators, reflective thinking has become "second nature," an automatic response or a disposition (Katz, 1993). Teacher educators are searching for ways to facilitate the development of reflective thinking...

Meaningful contexts for Peace Education.(Peace Education Network)
March 22, 2004... Many schools throughout the United States have mandated some form of character education, peace education, or conflict resolution. The Peace Education Network hopes to encourage an exchange of ideas about what schools and teachers are doing...

ACEI awards Mini-Grant honors.(ACEI Awards And Honors)(Association for Childhood Education International)
March 22, 2004... ACEI is proud to announce that Joohi Lee, Smita Guha, and Karen H. Burke are recipients of the 2003 Elizabeth Breathwaite Mini-Grant. The award provides winners with a mini-grant (maximum $500) for the implementation of outstanding educational...

Designing family-friendly interactive homework.(Classroom Idea-Sparkers)
March 22, 2004... Most teachers send work home with their students, expecting it to be done the next day. Parents, or other adults in the household, often dread this activity because they may hot understand the goal, directions, or how to help the student. No...

Valuing the education of all children.(Student Slant)(Jonathon Kozol)
March 22, 2004... For decades, the author Jonathon Kozol has been working to highlight the inequalities in the U.S. public school system. He has made an immense difference in the lives of countless children living in poverty. The power with which he writes is...

From hopelessness to hope.(Perspectives From The UN)
March 22, 2004... Your ACEI representatives join many others in mourning the deaths of all United Nations personnel who have lost their lives assisting the people of Iraq. The death of the Representative of the Secretary General for Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello,...

Tennessee ACEI fall conference.(Branches In Action)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2004... The Tennessee ACEI Branch held its first state-wide conference on Oct. 18, 2003, in Jackson, Tennessee. Shirley Raines, former president of ACEI, was the keynote speaker, and was warmly received by the 400 conference participants. Following the...

Rethink, revise. react: using an anti-bias curriculum to move beyond the usual.
March 22, 2004... Ultimately, teacher educators are responsible to two groups of students--those in their classes and the children the education students will teach. A teacher educator's goal should be to provide an experience that will encourage classroom...

Teaching ethics: the role of the classroom teacher.(Issues In Education)
March 22, 2004... Children's character or moral development, what I refer to as ethical development, has been an important and controversial topic in schools for many years. Educators agree that it is vital to renew our emphasis on teaching for character...

What's a parent to do?: phonics and other stuff.(For Parents Particularly)
March 22, 2004... No Child Left Behind, Reading First, Early Reading First, Good Start, Grow Smart... the current whirlwind of education initiatives in the United States commits millions of dollars of federal money to "scientifically based" reading and early...

Agell, Charlotte Welcome Home or Someplace Like It.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... ISBN 0-8050-7083-4. New York: Henry Holt, 2003. 230 pp. $16.95. Imagine that your mother is a writer of romance novels, and the only way she can write is when she secludes herself. Aggie and Thorne have just such a mother; consequently, they...

Edwardson, Debby D. Whale Snow.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Il. by Annie Patterson. ISBN 1-57091-393-5. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2003. Unp. $15.95. Debby Edwardson gives a beautiful account of how the Inupiat people link their survival and spirituality to the bowhead whale. The story centers around...

Ellis, Sarah The Several Lives of Orphan Jack.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Il. by Bruno St-Aubin. ISBN0-88899-529-6. Toronto: Groundwood Books/Douglas & McIntyre, 2003. 84 pp. $14.95. Jack, the likeable hero of this book, is a cross between Oliver Twist and Tom Sawyer. He attends a school called the Opportunities...

Elya, Susan Middleton Oh No, Gotta Go.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Il. by G. Brian Karas. ISBN 0-399-23493-4. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Unp. $14.99. Elya creatively harmonizes a delightful blend of English and Spanish in her humorous account of a charming little girl on a car ride with her parents. The...

Gonzalez, Rigoberto Soledad Sigh-Sighs: Soledad Suspiros.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Il. by Rosa Ibarra. ISBN0-89239-180-4. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 2003. Unp. $16.95. This book is a wonderful depiction of a multicultural neighborhood, focusing on Soledad, a young girl who stays home alone while her parents earn a...

Horn, Emily Excuse Me ... Are You a Witch?(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Il. by Pawel Pawlak. ISBN 1-58089-093-8. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge,2003. Unp. $15.95. This whimsical story will entertain readers of all ages. Colorful, entertaining pictures capture the reader's interest as a little black kitty, Herbert,...

Howard, Arthur Serious Trouble.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Il. by author. ISBN 0-15-202664-9. New York: Harcourt, 2003. 32 pp. $16.00. Young Prince Ernest learns the importance of simply "being" when he finds himself the potential snack du jour of the kooky three-headed dragon who's been gobbling the...

Ingold, Jeanette Mountain Solo.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... ISBN 0-15-202670-3. Orlando, FL: Harcourt, 2003. 304 pp. $17.00. Tess flees to her father and his new wife and stepdaughter in Montana after her painful violin recital in Germany. Seeing a picture of herself at the age of 3 holding her first...

Krisher, Trudy Uncommon Faith.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... ISBN 0-8234-1791-3. New York: Holiday House, 2003. 263 pp. $17.95. In the summer of 1837, a fire in the livery stable kills six people in the small town of Millbrook, Massachusetts. The narrative from the townspeople describes how their lives...

Lewin, Ted Lost City: the Discovery of Machu Picchu.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Il. by author. ISBN 0-399-23302-4. New York: Philomel Books, 2003. Unp. $16.99. This is a wonderful piece of historical fiction, based on the true journey of Hiram Bingham. After wading through jungles and climbing mountains, Bingham reaches...

LoPresti, Angeline Sparagna A Place for Zero: a Math Adventure.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Il. by Phyllis Hornung. ISBN 1-57091-196-7. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2003. 32 pp. $16.95. This story presents a lighthearted math adventure with the moral that "sometimes you have to take risks to really count," as well as the mathematical...

Manning, Maurie The Aunts Go Marching.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Il. by author. ISBN 1-59078-026-4. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2003. Unp. $15.95. This charming new rendition of the classic song The Ants Go Marching brings a fresh approach to the timeless favorite. In this version of the tale, Maurie...

Martin, Jannelle ABC Math Riddles.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Il. by Freddie Levin. ISBN 0-939217-57-0. Columbus, NC: Peel Productions, 2003. Unp. $13.95. This book offers a wonderful way to add reading strategies to math lessons. Rhyming riddles from A-Z leave children guessing the mathematical terms for...

McPhail, David Sisters.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Il. by author. ISBN 0-15-204659-3. New York: Harcourt, 2003. Unp. $9.95. This delightful story exemplifies the strong bond often found between sisters. The story takes a lighthearted look at the lives of two young girls, comparing and...

Polacco, Patricia G is for Goat.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Il. by author. ISBN-0-399-24018-7. New York: Philomel Books, 2003. Unp. $16.99. Keeping true to her unique artistic style, Patricia Polacco shares the delightful antics of her pet goats in this clever, rhyming alphabet book. Barefoot girls in...

Schotter, Ron In the Piney Woods.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Il. by Kimberly Bulcken Root. ISBN 0-374-33623-7. New York: Melanie Kroupa Books, 2003. Unp. $16.00. A poignant story about family love, life, and loss of innocence. Through picturesque metaphors and vivid words, Schotter illustrates the bond...

Stoneman Douglas, Marjory Alligator Crossing.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Il. by Trudy Nicholson. ISBN 1-57131-640-X. Minneapolis, MN: Milkweed Editions, 2003. 190 pp. $16.95. In this book, which was first published in 1959, young Henry Burks explores the Everglades and befriends an alligator hunter. The information...

Pattou, Edith East.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... ISBN 0152045635. Orlando, FL: Harcourt Children's Books, 2003. 400 pp. $18.00. Pattou's words paint a rich, watercolor world in which she combines Norse mythology, elements of classic tales, and changing points of view to relate the story of...

Yee, Wong Herbert Tracks in the Snow.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... ISBN 0-8050-6771-X. New York: Henry Holt, 2003. Unp. $15.95. This charming story encourages the reader to explore the snowy outdoors. A little girl discovers tracks outside her window and attempts to find their maker. This rhyming book...

Arnold, Caroline Birds: Nature's Magnificent Flying Machines.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Il. by Patricia J. Wynne. ISBN 1-57091-516-4. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2003. 32 pp. $16.95. Have you ever wondered how birds fly? This is the book to explain how they do, and more. With one concept per page and detailed photos, readers can...

Leedy, Loreen, & Pat Street There's a Frog in My Throat: 440 Animal Sayings a Little Bird Told Me.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Il. by the authors. ISBN 0-8234-1774-3. New York: Holiday House, 2003. 48 pp. $16.95. This illustration-packed book is filled with 440 proverbs, similes, metaphors, and idioms that are related to animals, from "he has ants in his pants" to...

Miller, Susan My First Dictionary.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Il. by Ted Williams; Brian Warling Photography and Siede Preis Photography. ISBN 07853 8369 7. Lincolnwood, IL: Publications International, 2003. 160 pp. $7.95. More than a word book for beginning readers, this dictionary presents clear...

Myers, Walter Dean Blues Journey.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Il. by Christopher Myers. ISBN 0-8234-1613-5. New York: Holiday House, 2003. Unp. $18.95. Blue ink, white paint, and brown paper bag illustrations offer awesome artistic responses to the call-and-response style of blues poetry in this...

Pinto, Sara The Alphabet Room.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Il. by author. ISBN 1-58234-841-3. New York & London: Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, 2003. Unp. $16.95. What appears to be a perfectly ordinary alphabet board book turns out to be a clever mix of simplicity and surrealism. The conventional...

Storad, Conrad J. Don't Ever Cross That Road! An Armadillo Story.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Il. by Nathaniel P. Jensen. ISBN 1-891795-08-2. Tempe, AZ: The RGU Group, 2003. Unp. $15.95. Join the teacher armadillo as he speaks in rhyming text with a lively cadence to teach student armadillos vital safety rules and important historical...

Wechsler, Doug Bizarre Bugs.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Il. by author. ISBN 1 59078 095 7. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2003. Unp. $17.95. This colorful book will draw children's immediate attention. The book has excellent pictures and will fascinate readers with strange, yet true, information...

From Isolation to Conversation.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Dwight L. Rogers & Leslie M. Babinski. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2002. 135 pp. $54.50. Teacher educators, supervisors, and principals will find this book to be an interesting read. It describes the New Teacher Group, an...

Becoming a Primary School Teacher.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Dominic Wyse. London: Routledge/Falmer, 2003. 119 pp. $15.95. Finally, a concise survival guide for new teachers, soon-to-be teachers or those returning to the classroom, written in a reader-friendly conversational style. In seven succinct...

Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Michael Thompson and Catherine O'Neill Grace, with Lawrence J. Cohen. New York: Ballentine Books, 2001. 320pp. $14.00. A child needs friends, and social skills enable a child to more easily form these friendships. This book details the social...

Community building for children and teachers: a review if three recent books.(Building Classroom Communities: Strategies for Developing a Culture of Caring)(Caring for Kids in Communities: Using Mentorship, Peer Support, & Student Leadership Programs in Schools)(The School Buddy System: The Practice of Collaboration)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... BUILDING CLASSROOM COMMUNITIES: Strategies for Developing a Culture of Caring. David A. Levine. Bloomington, IN: National Educational Service, 2003. 126 pp. $9.95. CARING FOR KIDS IN COMMUNITIES: Using Mentorship, Peer Support, & Student...

Doing Qualitative Research in Education Settings.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... J. Amos Hatch. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2002. 299 pp. $68.50 (hardcover), $22.95 (softcover). This introductory text is written primarily for doctoral students and others new to qualitative research, as well as professors...

Kids Working it out: Stories and Strategies for Making Peace in our Schools.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Tricia S. Jones & Randy Compton (Eds.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003. 360 pp. $35.00. One need only look at the nightly news to find a ration ale for including peace education in the curriculum. Images of war-torn societies, hate crimes,...

The transition to school and early literacy development.(Among The Periodicals)
March 22, 2004... In the past year, hundreds of articles have been written about young children's transition to school and/ or literacy development. In fact, several professional organizations have devoted entire issues to these two related topics. Examples...

Introducing the ECAP Report.(ECAP Report)(Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative)
March 22, 2004... Longtime readers of the ERIC/EECE Report will undoubtedly notice the change in the column's name. For many years, the "ERIC/EECE Report" was contributed to Childhood Education by the former ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood...

A sense of community: learning, culture, and leadership.(Films/Video/DVDs)(Sioux community)(Bibliography)
March 22, 2004... The ability to construct communities is inherent to human development. Whether we are creating communities of learning, culture, or leadership, we need clear, shared values, goals, and rules to make a community function. Each generation is heir...

Journal of research in childhood education vol. 18, no. 2, winter 2003/04.(Connecting Classroom Practice And Research)
March 22, 2004... This issue highlights children's knowledge of social isolation, professional support for relative child care providers, undergraduate early childhood preparation, effects of teaching play strategies on social interactions for a child with...