First Grade Elementary School Children’s Early Childhood Private Education Experience and Later School Adjustment

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 55-79
Author(s):  
Yun Sojeong ◽  
Kim Jinwook
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Private Education ◽  
School Adjustment ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Education Experience

Early Childhood Corner: October 2001

2001 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-103
Author(s):  
Juanita V. Copley
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Word Problems ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Teaching Mathematics ◽  
Early Childhood Mathematics ◽  
Grade Teacher

At 6:45 in the morning on the first day of the Early Childhood Mathematics Collaborative, I arrive at Jessup Elementary School and am greeted by several early kindergartners: “Hey, Mrs. Copley, is everyone coming?” “Where have you been? Hey, our class can get twelve people standing in the counting circle.” “I've lost a tooth since you were here!” A first-grade teacher walks in with me, explaining that she has wonderful work from her students: “Just wait till we meet and you see their word problems. The students' thinking and reasoning are so obvious!” As we begin to unload, two very nervous undergraduate students wander in and explain that they have arrived more than ninety minutes early “so we wouldn't be late!” They quickly explain that they have been up all night worrying about teaching mathematics to real children and that if possible, they would like to observe today and perhaps teach on another day. I smile and assure them that everything will be fine. Within two hours, more than 800 students, 40 preservice teachers, and 50 faculty members arrive. Another semester of the Early Childhood Mathematics Collaborative (ECMC) has begun.

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