Kindergartens : teaching methods, expectations and current challenges / Henry Switzer and Dwayne Foulke, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Switzer, Henry.

Foulke, Dwayne.

Series:

Education in a competitive and globalizing world series.

Education in a competitive and globalizing world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kindergarten.

Education, Primary.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, the authors discuss the teaching methods, expectations and current challenges in kindergarten education. Topics include designing educational material for early childhood mathematics education; additive bilingualism of immigrant children; evolution of graphomotor parameters in kindergartner's handwriting; multisensory handwriting curriculum enhancing kindergarten skills; family environment as a predictor of behavioral competencies in early elementary years; an exploration of meaning in young children's images and designs; and first aid training in the kindergarten.

Contents:

Designing educational material for early childhood mathematics education / Chrysanthi Skoumpourdi

Additive bilingualism of immigrant children: introducing a multisensory project in kindergarten / Eleni Griva, Dora Chostelidou, and others

Evolution of graphomotor parameters in kindergarten's handwriting / Olga Soler-Vilageliu, Melina Aparici-Aznar, Judit Mate-Castell{grave}a, Yago Ramis-Laloux, Cristina Sotoca-Lasheras

Foundational skills: multisensory handwriting curriculum can enhance kindergarten student skills / Denise Donica

Family environment as a predictor of behavioral competencies in the early elementary years / Wendy Peia Oakes, Kathleen Lynne Lane, Ashley E. Magrane, Holly Mariah Menzies, Joseph Wehby

Evaluation of a tactile training for handwriting acquisition in French kindergarten children: a pilot study / Caroline Jolly, Richard Palluel-Germain, Edouard Gentaz

Assessing personality traits in the young child for individualized planning for social-emotional skills in the kindergarten classroom / Cathy L. Grist

An exploration of meaning in young children's images and designs / Cathleen S. Soundy, Yoon H. Lee

First aid training in the kindergarten: a review of the literature and reflections from practical experience in two countries / G. Bollig, A.G. Myklebust, ℗Østringen, A. Bollig

Thermal comfort and air quality in occupied ventilated kindergarten spaces / Eus{acute}ebio Z.E. Concei{cedil}c{tilde}ao.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1-62417-787-5

OCLC:

923668767