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 »

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 »

Today I began my first day in a first grade classroom. The public schools expect so much of these young learners that they are forced to sit in a desk all day (or on the carpet) and participate in work, work, work. I am twenty-two-years old and sitting for an hour makes me fidgety. Every […]

Filed under: General, Primary Years on February 2nd, 2007 | No Comments »

A discussion that rose in my primary curriculum class today: What books are good for first through third graders?
While researching this, I found some very resourceful websites that would be helpful in choosing appropriate books for children six - eight.
www.kidsreads.com offers lists, reviews, new books, and links to some favorite book series such as Junie […]

Filed under: General, Reading, Primary Years on January 31st, 2007 | No Comments »