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Full-Text Articles in Children's and Young Adult Literature

Building Community In The Classroom Through Storytelling : Theoretical And Field-Based Perspectives, Yelena Kushnirova May 2013

Building Community In The Classroom Through Storytelling : Theoretical And Field-Based Perspectives, Yelena Kushnirova

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This study includes a discussion of the meaning and definition of story and storytelling from literary and socio-cultural perspectives with field-based examples in formal and informal educational settings (grades 1-5). A selection of Russian folktales with a presentation of folktale structure and morphology and their implications for classroom practice are included.


Something To Celebrate : Exploring Cultural Celebrations Through Childrens Artwork, Jennifer Kirst May 2013

Something To Celebrate : Exploring Cultural Celebrations Through Childrens Artwork, Jennifer Kirst

Graduate Student Independent Studies

An original book designed for children aged eight to nine. It is a compilation of artwork, created by children around the world, that explores similarities among the world's many celebrations. Also includes a rationale for creating the book as well as the developmental appropriateness of the concepts presented within the book and examines curriculum implications for using the book


Developing A Picture Book Collaboratively With Children, Jenny Torgerson May 2012

Developing A Picture Book Collaboratively With Children, Jenny Torgerson

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This children's story is designed to give children some ideas about what change is about and the possible positive consequences, and hopefully provide a jumping off point for discussion about change.


Exploring Literature For Children Of Incarcerated Parents, Tara Di Gerlando May 2012

Exploring Literature For Children Of Incarcerated Parents, Tara Di Gerlando

Graduate Student Independent Studies

Investigates the educational need for children's literature that conveys the theme of a child coping with a physical separation from their parent. Includes an original children's story by the author based on a real life story of a son and mother who were separated for almost twenty years due to incarceration.


Reading Aloud With Children Twelve & Older, Children's Book Committee. Bank Street College Of Education Jan 2012

Reading Aloud With Children Twelve & Older, Children's Book Committee. Bank Street College Of Education

The Center for Children's Literature

The Children's Book Committee's list of great read alouds for older children. Includes selection considerations in choosing read-aloud titles and hints for reading aloud.


I Hear A City: A Picture Book For Three- Four- And Five-Year-Olds, Adam Schneider Jan 2009

I Hear A City: A Picture Book For Three- Four- And Five-Year-Olds, Adam Schneider

Graduate Student Independent Studies

I Hear A City is an original children's book that delineates the daily routines of a city and the people who live within it. The book is designed to be read with three- four- and five-year-olds because its content corresponds with that age group's interests and their desire to understand their surroundings. I Hear A City recounts the story of the life of a city and the universal routines that exist there. The ideas and events expressed within the book are basic and relate to young children. The life and activities of a city and its inhabitants are integrated and …


Rights & Responsibilities: My Years At Bank Street, John H. Niemeyer May 1998

Rights & Responsibilities: My Years At Bank Street, John H. Niemeyer

Books

"John H. Niemeyer served as president of Bank Street College of Education from 1955 through 1973. Attached are two sample chapters from a work in progress derived from conversations between John Niemeyer and Dick Greenspan. They discussed Bank Street's work during the tumultuous years of the 1950s and 1960s when civil rights and school integration were changing the face of American education." -- Title page.


Going Home: The Relevance Of Philippine Folktale To Early Childhood Education, Eleanor A. Rivera May 1996

Going Home: The Relevance Of Philippine Folktale To Early Childhood Education, Eleanor A. Rivera

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This study focuses on the value of introducing Philippine folktales to children of Filipino heritage. The primary objective in this project is to demonstrate how Philippine folktales can serve as a potent vehicle for taking American-born Filipino children home, that is teaching them about their roots and celebrating their cultural identity. I believe that by recognizing their Filipino heritage the children gain a fuller appreciation of and pride in their uniqueness as well as the interest and ability to share aspects of their culture with other children. It is my hope that consideration of their own cultural identity will help …


Writing For Five-Year-Olds, Margaret Wise Brown Jan 1939

Writing For Five-Year-Olds, Margaret Wise Brown

Centennial Books

Describes how to write for young children, including their reality, what delights or saddens them, what they think about, why observing them will make you a better writer for them.