Selecting Educational Equipment and Materials for School and Home

In its fourth revision, this publication considers budget constraints, increased child care demands, the "back to basics" movement in education, mainstreaming, multicultural education, and high technology when identifying criteria for selection and use of quality materials to meet the growing/learning needs of children. Suggests equipment and materials for infants through middle school. Joan Moyer, Editor. 1995. ISBN-13 978-0-87173-134-0

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Table of Contents

Introduction

-Joan Moyer

PART I: THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Creating the Learning Environment: Context for Living and Learning
-S. Vianne McLean
Collecting, Compiling, Constructing, Creating
-Oralie McAfee
Some Considerations in Equipping a Child Care Center or School
-E. Anne Eddowes
Children and Technology
-Joan P. Isenberg and Teresa Rosegrant

PART II: SUGGESTED EDUCATION EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS
Infant/Toddler Groups
-James Hoot and Kathleen Ralph
Preschool Groups
-James Hoot, Qiuping Cao and Betsy Mercado
Kindergarten Groups
-James Hoot, Carol Sue Marshall and Paula Weaver-Blackshear
Early Elementary Groups
-James Hoot and Mary Lu Syllaba
Later Elementary Groups
-Judith Reiff and E. Elizabeth Pate
Middle School Groups
-Judith Reiff and Ruth Frederick

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