Elicited Transitioning Strategies Help Toddlers Throughout the Day When you look at a typical toddler schedule, it might go like this: Drop-off, breakfast, free-play, potty, snack, circle time, outside, potty, lunch, nap, potty, free-play, pick-up. It may seem like a full day but consider this: between each activity the children must transition. Transitioning can be […]
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Alternatives to saying “Good Job!”
Teachers Work to Change Their Daily Language This presentation will include 10 main tips for changing our teaching language from general to detailed, expressive and meaningful. Suggestions: 1. Use sentence starters: Example: “I see you…” or “I heard you…” Use thought openers: Example: “Show me how you….”, “Tell me more about…” 2. Notice and provide […]
Co-Teaching
Use of Two Teachers in the Classroom Creates a Calm Environment for Children to Learn Co-Teaching is not easy and for some can be uncomfortable. Once you have the right two individuals come together, they form a bond that is beneficial to the learning and development of young children. Co-Teaching is a practice that has […]
Authentic Assessment in Early Childhood Education
Gathering Information About Children Through a Variety of Ways Latin derivative of the word “assessment” is “to sit beside and get to know”…Let’s get to know our children by using an ongoing process of gathering information through observation & regular documentation then sharing & requesting input from a variety of professionals. We will look at […]
The Shot Heard Round the Town: Engaging Young Children in the Work of Social Justice
Students Concerns Spark Community Involvement When students became concerned with gunshots they were hearing in their neighborhood, we were called into action. Leaving this teachable moment as just a classroom discussion left us feeling unsatisfied. As early childhood educators, we were not able to give our students the answers they desired on gun violence. We sought […]
My Friends and Me
Making Discoveries with Friends Enhances Personal and Social Growth MY FRIENDS AND ME is a program of group activities and versatile materials to help nurture the personal and social development of preschool children. With FRIENDS, children participate and are encouraged to make discoveries about themselves and their friends and to develop healthy, realistic attitudes about […]
Environmental Design for Infant Care
Classroom Design Meets the Needs of Infant Care Best practice for infant care focuses on the unique characteristics and needs of each individual child. Our best practice is exhibited by the environmental design which includes those individual needs/characteristics. The design of our infant room acknowledges and reflects the field of study’s researched elements of such […]
Developmentally Appropriate Learning Activities
A Mixture of Teacher-directed and Student-directed Learning is an Effective Tool Best Practice includes developmentally appropriate learning activities that encourage a mixture of teacher-directed and child-directed activities. Teacher-directed learning involves the teacher as a facilitator who models learning strategies and gives guided instruction. Child-directed learning allows the child to assume some responsibility for learning goals. […]