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Sharing Music From Classroom to Home
...the classroom and the home, which is, well…amazing! Singing is a simple, playful way for children to share something special to their families with the classroom community. A child’s spontaneous...
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The Joys of Reading: Six Ways to Make Read-Aloud Time Effective and Meaningful
...area, The Creative Curriculum offers many strategies to help make literacy activities and learning experiences enjoyable for young children. Here are six strategies to get you started: Establish regular times...
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ReadyRosie in Nebraska: Helping Families When They Needed It The Most
...and ways to use ReadyRosie during the day. Two additional time slots for the monthly meetings were added in the evenings to accommodate competing schedules. The time allocated to ReadyRosie...
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4 Strategies to Help Children Reconstruct Stories
...skill. But it’s not enough. If we want to nurture rich reading and comprehension strategies, we need to encourage children to not simply retell a story but to reconstruct a...
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The Most Important Thing You Can Do During the First Weeks of School
...a safe and nurturing classroom community. I was determined to create a positive, nurturing classroom community—for every child. When we created our classroom rules together, I made sure to spend...
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Five Tips to Prepare for the First Six Weeks of School
...about your own eagerness to meet each of them, get to know them, and build a shared community where each of them is respected, has a voice, and loves coming...
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Before You Go: Data-Based Considerations for the End of the Year
...a mad dash to wrap up the current school year. A key component of any good end-of-year process is making time and space to review assessment data. It is important...
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Why I Don’t Expect Children to “Be on Their Best Behavior” Anymore
...Interestingly, when I made mistakes, I took comfort in and practiced personal kindness by reminding myself that I was doing the best I could and that I can always learn...