It’s time to celebrate the Week of the Young Child. This post from last year still resonates with me, so I’m going to repost it. I’d love to hear in the comments section what you do to celebrate the week. I hope you are planning on celebrating the Week of the Young Child on April…
Here are four early education gems I found on the internet this week. Topics include: information to help parents at IEP meetings, criteria for choosing books to read to children, making a pumpkin stand for dramatic play, and a thought provoking poster. Parent Education Three Steps for Navigating the IEP Process for Parents from NAEYC for Families: If you have a child…
Here’s my list of favorite blogs and articles from the last week. I would love to read your comments about any that you read. Curriculum and Activities “Want to Boost Your Toddler’s Development? Put a Toy Chicken on Your Head.” from Science Daily: When you’re silly with your students, they develop their ability to pretend. Who couldn’t…
Here’s my list of favorite blogs and articles from the last week. Would love to read your comments about any that you read. Curriculum and Activities Picture Walk: A Pre-Reading Skill – Children need to learn how to look at pictures in order to make predictions about the text. Developing this skill now will help…
The early years are a period of rapid language development. By the time they enter kindergarten, most children will have a vocabulary of 1000-2000 words. There have been many research studies to determine the factors that affect language acquisition. The number of words children hear and the richness of the vocabulary both seem to play a part. However…
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