The Demeter School

To Run, Stomp, or Study :Hissing Cockroaches in the Classroom
By:Katrina M. Korte with Laura Jane Fielden and Josephine C. Agnew
In this article, the teacher posed to complete a research study of two first grade classrooms. One would be the control group and one would be participating in the experiment of whether introducing children to “yucky” […]

Filed under: General, Primary Years on March 21st, 2007 | No Comments »

Ethics and the Early Childhood Teacher Educator
A Proposed Addendum to the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct
By: Nancy Freeman, Stephanie Feeney,
and Eva Moravcik
The NAEYC Code of Ethics […]

Filed under: General, Primary Years on March 20th, 2007 | No Comments »

Stay tuned..blogs to continue during Spring Break.

Filed under: General on March 14th, 2007 | No Comments »

Subject: African Animals - Going to the Zoo
 
1. Anansi and the Magic Stick
By Eric A. Kimmel

Health: Students can discuss how talking about other people can make them feel.
Writing: Children can create their own magic tricks and […]

Filed under: General, Reading on March 6th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

The National Education Association has a great link to a page that offers ideas from teachers of ideas that “Work 4 Me” in the classroom. This week’s theme is (of coarse) is about reading (remember Friday is March 2nd!)
Some links pertain especially to teachers, but their are some very helpful hints to parents and caregivers […]

Filed under: General on February 28th, 2007 | 2 Comments »

I’ve said it before. Communication between parent and teacher is so crucial for a child to thrive in any school setting. It does not take much for you to drop a line here and there to find out how things are going, express concerns, and follow up with any developmental issues.
Another way you can carry […]

Filed under: General, Infant development, Toddler development, Preschool Development, Primary Years on February 27th, 2007 | No Comments »

I guess I am on a reading splurge this week. With all this talk about read..read..READ! (no really, I mean it!) I need to stress how easy it is to get inexpensive books and materials for your children.

If your child goes to a public school, you most likely have heard of the Scholastic Book Clubs. […]

Filed under: General, Reading on February 22nd, 2007 | No Comments »

After posting yesterday about the National Education Association’s Read Across America Day, I began to check out some links from their articles. I could not resist but share these with all of you…
Random House (teacher’s page) offers tons of ways to search for books. By theme (hint, hint anyone doing any projects), by grade or […]

Filed under: General, Reading on February 21st, 2007 | No Comments »