CONTENTS
Mr.
Newbery's Little Pretty Pocket-Book
Primary
Source
Teaching
Strategy
Colonial Williamsburg Teaching Resources
Teaching News
Quote of the Month
The
Next
Electronic Field Trip is
Taxes, Tea and Tyranny
October 7, 2004
NEW!
2004–2005 Teaching
Resources Catalog
2004–2005 Electronic Field
Trip Scholarships
|
TOP STORIES
Mr. Newbery's Little Pretty Pocket-Book
John Newbery was the first printer to see
a market for children's books that both
instructed and amused children, so he invented
the genre. His first book of this kind,
A Little Pretty Pocket-Book: Intended for
the Instruction and Amusement of Little
Master Tommy and Pretty Miss Polly was published
in 1744, and is considered a landmark in
children's literature.
Learn
More
Primary Source:
John Locke on Education and Play
John
Locke (1632-1704) is perhaps best known
for his political theories and his influence
on early-American political thinking.
But Locke also held strong beliefs regarding
education. Part of Locke's philosophy
involved play as a necessary and important
part of the educational process.
Learn
More
Teaching
Strategy: African-American Games
Even
though enslaved children were expected
to work as soon as they were physically
mature enough to do so, they certainly
had time to play as well. Some African-American
games taught children to work together—often
to a cadence—as a well-coordinated
team. Working to a rhythm relieved boredom
and helped field workers establish a measured
pace for their work.
Learn More!
Colonial
Williamsburg Teaching Resources for Your
Classroom
Colonial
Williamsburg offers a variety of quality
instructional materials dealing with 18th-century
life, including:
—
Aesop's Fables Playing Cards
—
Bilbo Catcher
—
Clay Marbles
— Game of Goose
— Game of Life
— I.
Hardy Playing Cards
—
Jaw Harp
—
Slate and Pencil
—
Wooden Top
Learn More!
Teaching
News
A recent study titled "Academic Atrophy,"
conducted by the Council for Basic Education,
examines the impact of the No Child Left
Behind Act on liberal arts education.
Schools are devoting more time to reading,
math, and science, but are neglecting
social studies, civics, geography, languages,
and the arts. Get the full report as a
PDF file.
Quote
of the Month
“Play
for young children is not recreation activity...It
is not leisure-time activity nor escape
activity...Play is thinking time for young
children. It is language time. Problem-solving
time. It is memory time, planning time,
investigating time. It is organization-of-ideas
time, when the young child uses his mind
and body and his social skills and all his
powers in response to the stimuli he has
met."
--James
L. Hymes, Jr., American child
development
specialist and author
|
Volume
2, Issue 10
Get a free vacation planner
Book: "Pewter at Colonial Williams-
Historic Triangle
