Plymouth State University - Conning Tower Yearbook (Plymouth, NH)

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CHILDHOOD JUNIOR Fint row: Shirley Crewe, Sheila Calcutt, Mary Chapman, Carole Plaistcd. The primary purpose of the early childhood program is to prepare students to work with children in kindergarten and first and second grades. In addition to attending the regular classes, each early childhood major spends two hours a week as a classroom participant in the demonstration school. This opportunity not only gives the student personal experience in preparing lesson plans in various subject areas, but also gives experience in actually teaching and carrying through those lessons. The participation program also provides the student with experience in putting into practice some of the theory concerning the teaching of young children. Each year the early childhood class members take field trips to observe and compare different techniques and programs of education, and different school plants. It is the aim of the early childhood program to prepare the student so that he or she will be able to offer her pupils the best possible foundation for their future years. The early schools years are of extreme importance in the total educational program. During these early years the child acquires the basic skills and knowledge which are so essential to his later development. The attitudes of children and parents toward education are greatly influenced during this period of education, and the school and home should work closely together in these early childhood years. The early childhood program stresses the development of the child as a total person, physically, emotionally, spiritually, and mentally, with emphasis upon his mental development. A young child should be treated as a young child, and should not be expected to achieve adult standards. His uniqueness should be fostered, but his similarity to other children must also be cultivated. By developing a program of rich, first-hand experiences involving small group and some large group experiences, and through sharing, exploring, and experimenting, the teacher can lay a good foundation for the pupil for his more formal school program. The best way to prepare a child for a higher level of learning and development is to help the child develop most fully at each level. Besides possessing a great deal of patience and understanding, a teacher of young children should possess sincere love for her pupils. 9

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EARLY FRESHMEN First row: Barbara Dyer, Miriam Glover, Meredith Bristol, Deborah Odell, Nancy AUlrich. Second row: Winifred Maxlicld, Marilyn Palmer, Gale Brown, Martha Holmes, Nancy Aldrich. Third row: Judy Demers. Nancy Beal, Dianne Homans. SOPHOMORE First row: Kathryn Stratton, Maxine Boyea, Corinne Kelley, Ioanna Cleaves, Shirley Farnham. Second row: Kathleen Anderson, Beatrice Scammon, )udith Stone, Bette Tirrcll, Grace Neely, Lucille Kimball.

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ELEMENTARY FRESHMEN First row: Nancy Wood, Roscmomlc Linabcrry, Jean Beaudoin, Rita Devost. Second row: Gail Eagleson, Marilyn Morse, Vienna Crocker, Elizabeth Cookman, Grace McAllister, Margaret Dickinson. Third row: Sharon Langlois, Joel Duranty, Joyce Bernier, I.inda Carbonneau, Joanne Vaughn, Carol Sierpina, Nancy Sims. Fourth row: Thelma Columbus, Priscilla Scott, Gail PloulTe, Anna Hill, Barbara MacDougall, Karen Stieglcr, Louise Baines, Martha Filgate. Fifth tow: Richard Sanborn, Frances Woodard, Elizabeth Fcllowes, Linda Peterson, Janice Iceland, Alice Tenney, Judith Welch, Donna Gentleman, Suzanne Comer, Robert Fontaine. 20 First row: Gail Walsh, Deborah Sargent, Rosalyn Haley. Second row: Connie Tibbetts, Sally Morrissette, Darla Brackett, Gail St. Clair, Helen Bersaw, Judy Harvey. Third row: Marilyn Curie, Barbara Lovejoy, Paulina Hackett, Claudette Parc, Jane Grccnough, Judith Allen, Patricia Henrick. Fourth row: Esther Heath. Helen Oftxtki, Judith Fuller, Juanita Smith, Avis Sanborn, Patricia Swanson. Georgia N'ute, Ann Bryan. Fifth row: William Brown, Maureen Bo we, Majoric Roy, Joanne Porter, Joan Noyes, Nancy Arsenault, Lois Harvey, Sheila Young, Kenneth Haz.cn.