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June 2000

Finding the Right Book
"Teachers know that finding the right book is an essential part of the process of helping children to become engaged readers." - Editor

March 2000

Discovering the Conventions of Written Language
"In this issue we will see how other important strategies are introduced as our children grow in their understanding of the power of the printed word." - Editor

January 2000

Linking Sound, Sense and Symbol
"Teaching about the sound structure of our language is crucial. What should be debated is not whether we teach sound and symbols, but how we teach them." - Editor

October '99

Literacy at Play
"At play, children are empowered to use language on their own terms, in their own way, and at their own time." - Editor

September '99

The Pleasure and Power of Literacy
"Language is...the most powerful tool students have for giving significance to their experiences, and for making sense of both the world and their possibilities in it.." - Editor

June'99

How Do You Learn To Read? A Four and Five-Year-Old Perspective
"When I asked "what is reading?" one boy expressed his opinion that..."learning about stuff in books that you never ever knew before - it's really cool." - Coreen Hildebrand

Spring '98

Multiage Classrooms
"In this issue, in response to our readers survey, we feature more articles about the practice of multiage grouping. Whether it is called multiage - vertical - or combined classes, there are a growing number of them in the province." - Editor

Fall '97

The Education Resource Centre - University of New Brunswick
"The UNB campus budget committee has recommended the closure of the Education Resource Centre in Marshall d'Avray Hall.  Needless to say, this would be a great loss to many people." - Anne Hunt

Spring '97

Homework
"How much homework is too much?  How often should we assign it?  What are the repercussions for not completing assigned work?  These are just some of the questions I have been contemplating.  Here are some of the ideas I have tried." - Sandi Langdon, Second Grade Teacher

February '97

Music in Children's School Lives
"Just as children bring their own expicit and implicit knowledge of the reading and writing processes to the classroom so too they bring their explicit and implicit musical understanding from their homes and the worlds in which we all live." - Pam Whitty

June '96

Home and School Connections
"In this issue we present different perspectives on links between home and school learning. The editors feel this is a timely topic as New Brunswick begins the implementation of parent advisory boards." - Editor

January '96

Children and Project Work
"When children in the early years in our culture paint or draw, the work is often sent home, where a proud and supportive parent displays it, on the fridge or in some prominent place.  When a Reggio child makes a drawing, it is used as a "blueprint" for further work.  Then there are more drawings, more talk about it, where it could lead; could it be the start of a larger project, contributed to by other children?" - Mollie Fry - Observations on Reggio Emilia Exhibition of Children's Visual Work

Spring '95

Introductory Edition
"We envisage the newsletter as a shared venue for shared articles, book reviews, children's writing and illustrations." - Editor

Early Childhood Centre News is published by the

Early Childhood Centre,
Faculty of Education,
Bag Service #45333,
Fredericton, NB
E3B 6E3.

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Editors: Anne Hunt, Pam Nason and Pam Whitty