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Facilitating A Block Program In Kindergarten And First Grade: A Manual For Kindergarten And First Grade Teachers, Hannah Rau
Graduate Student Independent Studies
Many preschool classroom have unit blocks. Unfortunately, not as many early primary classrooms incorporate blocks into their programs. This paper discusses the power of using unit blocks in a Kindergarten and first grade. The first three sections of the thesis focus on the importance of a unit block curriculum in early primary classrooms by discussing the developmentally-appropriate ways blocks invite problem solving and mathematical and scientific thinking. The final section is a teacher’s manual designed as a guidebook to support teachers who are starting a block program in their Kindergarten and first grade classroom. In this manual, critical components of …
When Unit Blocks Came To Gardaborg, Kristín Einarsdóttir
When Unit Blocks Came To Gardaborg, Kristín Einarsdóttir
Occasional Paper Series
Unit blocks have probably been used in some Icelandic preschools since 1950 or 1960, but a turning point occurred when one of the author's teachers from the Iceland University of Education (Fosturskoli Islands), Jonina Tryggvadottir, returned from studying with Harriet Cuffaro at Bank Street College in New York City.
Orchestrating A Kindergarten Block Program : The Teacher's Role, Abbey Butcosk
Orchestrating A Kindergarten Block Program : The Teacher's Role, Abbey Butcosk
Graduate Student Independent Studies
Analyzes the role of the teacher in kindergarten block building