Re: Big Six and Kingergarten (fwd)

["Robert E. Berkowitz" <reberkow@MAILBOX.SYR.EDU>]

Mike,
I guess its worth finding out about.
Bob.

On Sun, 30 Oct 1994, Mike Eisenberg wrote:

>
>
> I've had some interesting communication with Cathy Cheely regarding the
> Super Three - see what you think!
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 27 Oct 94 18:13:43 EDT
> >From: Cathy Cheely <ccheely@leo.vsla.edu>
> To: mike@eryx.syr.edu
> Subject: Re: Big Six and Kingergarten
>
> This is pretty sound according to early childhood folks...I
> wear one hat that is the compliance coordinator for an early
> childhood project (EVENSTART) and we use the High Scope
> curriculum.  They advocate *Plan*Do*Review method of teaching.
> Basically the same sequence that you are speaking of....take a
> look at that and you can get some justification for what you
> are advocating.
>
> Cath
>
>
> Message #2: after I asked for more on High/Scope:
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> >From ccheely@leo.vsla.eduSun Oct 30 19:52:38 1994
> Date: Fri, 28 Oct 94 11:50:29 EDT
> >From: Cathy Cheely <ccheely@leo.vsla.edu>
> To: Mike Eisenberg <mike@eryx.syr.edu>
> Subject: Re: Big Six and Kingergarten
>
>
> High/Scope Educational Research Foundation is a nonprofit
> research, development, and traiing organization with
> headquarters in Ypsilanti, Michigan.  Principal goal is to
> promote the learning and development of children from infancy
> through adolescence and to support parents and teachers as they
> help children learn and grow.  Contact 313 485-2000 to find out
> more about their early childhood curriculum.  They have dozens
> of publications available.  We and most other EvenStart sites
> as well as many,many HeadStart sites are using this
> curriculum.  Classrooms are divided into learning centers but
> one of the main features is the plan/do/review aspect.
> Each child plans what activity or center they will visit, they
> then pursue the activity and then come back together (or
> separately) and discuss what they did.  High/Scope can suggest
> dozens of ways to accomplish this plan/do/review so that it is
> accomplished smoothly and also is varied from day to day.  They
> would be wonderful to work with in incorporating big 3 skills...
>
> I send my son to the world's best nursery school and his
> teacher (who is the world's best) attended the training last
> spring.  This was one of the main things that she has now
> incorporated into her program of activity based learning.
> --
>
> Cath
>
> Catherine Cheely - ccheely@leo.vsla.edu
> Library Media Specialist,Brunswick Senior High,Lawrenceville, Va.23868
> 804 848-6287  (fax) 804 848-2796
>
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