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Combatting Assessment Fatigue
...educators, we often speak of teaching children how to learn. When it comes to assessing their learning, we may need to do some more learning ourselves. Until our learning is...
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Three Steps to Unleashing the Power of the Teacher
...of the Teacher Take a deep dive into your materials. When you make an investment in quality tools and materials, it only makes sense that you should want to learn...
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Empathizing With Toddlers and Twos
...the most powerful child guidance tool we have as teachers and parents is active, empathetic listening. A young child experiencing strong emotions needs our attention and our empathy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERvhKP0Qp3I ...
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All Essential Ingredients for High Quality Early Childhood Education
Our comprehensive program supports a nurturing environment that offers each child encouraging, engaging learning experiences of the highest possible quality—where all children develop a love for learning and become creative,...
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3 Ways to Impact School Culture and Climate
I’m currently pursuing a doctorate in educational leadership and for a recent assignment I was asked to write about my “educational center of gravity.” The professor challenged us to think...
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5 Questions to Consider When Selecting a Curriculum for Transitional Kindergarten
New transitional kindergarten (TK) programs provide focused support to older 4-year-olds and young 5-year-olds who have missed kindergarten eligibility by no more than a few months. This new “in-betweener” grade...
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We Have a Real Estate Problem
...to do what’s most important for children is at the heart of the real estate problem. These seemingly competing, though not incompatible, ideas—the importance of learning to read and the...
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When It Comes to Challenging Behaviors, Consider the Source (Even if It’s You)
...same class for multiple years, consider rotating your materials more frequently. Routinely providing new or different materials and props can stimulate children’s curiosity and inspire them to try new things....
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You Spoke, We Listened: Introducing the Al’s Pals Digital Experience
Al’s Pals, our nationally recognized, evidence-based, and comprehensive social–emotional learning curriculum designed to meet the specific needs of preschool children, now includes both print and digital resources. The new Al’s...