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"Deep As A Giant" : An Experiment In Children's Language (1938), Claudia Lewis
"Deep As A Giant" : An Experiment In Children's Language (1938), Claudia Lewis
Bank Street Thinkers
Claudia Lewis shares with the reader the delightful and surprising ways in which her class of four and five-year-olds describe the world around them. They refreshingly bypass grown-up cliches with their own version of description: "Easy as drinking water," "fast as you see yourself in the mirror," "flat as a necktie." Although written in 1938, the reader can easily "hear" the same wondrous language in young children today.
Play As A Growth Process (1951), Barbara Biber
Play As A Growth Process (1951), Barbara Biber
Bank Street Thinkers
"What do play experiences do for child growth? If a child can have a really full wholesome experience with play, he will be having the most wholesome kind of fun that a child can have. For a child to have fun is basic to his future happiness. His early childhood play may become the basic substance out of which he lays down one of his life patterns, namely, not only that one can have fun but that one can create fun...."
A Study Of The Evolution Of Mindfulness Practice In An Early Childhood Classroom, Katherine Berninger
A Study Of The Evolution Of Mindfulness Practice In An Early Childhood Classroom, Katherine Berninger
Graduate Student Independent Studies
This paper studies the use of mindfulness practice in a preschool classroom. Combining participant observation, personal journaling, and interviews with children, this study explores the relationship between the introduction of mindfulness practice, changes in classroom culture, and growth in emotional vocabulary.
Young Children At Play, Anne Tobias
Young Children At Play, Anne Tobias
Progressive Education in Context
Describes how young children learn through play.
Test-Taking Or Not In The Early Years, Anne Santa
Test-Taking Or Not In The Early Years, Anne Santa
Progressive Education in Context
Explains why the Bank Street School for Children does not use an admissions test for young children applying to the program.
Tools For Life - Lower School Coordinator Laura Guarino's Address To Lower School Families On Curriculum Night, October 25, 2012, Laura Guarino
Tools For Life - Lower School Coordinator Laura Guarino's Address To Lower School Families On Curriculum Night, October 25, 2012, Laura Guarino
Progressive Education in Context
In a message to parents of young children, Laura Guarino emphasizes Bank Street School for Children's focus on helping children develop their capacity to be learners, to be flexible thinkers, and creative problem solvers.