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Embrace the Mess!: 4 Benefits of Messy Play
...explore sensory materials and their properties in open-ended ways. This includes experiences such as pinching clay, creating mud pies, pouring sand, and mixing paint by hand. Messy play offers children...
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6 Reasons to Embrace Project-Based Learning in Early Childhood Classrooms
...classroom. Teachers who embrace constructivism focus on children’s interests, using developmentally appropriate practices and giving children hands-on learning experiences. These teaching strategies are also common themes in project-based learning. If...
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Mining Mother Nature: Taking Mathematics Learning Outdoors
...seasons changed. We also used natural materials for graphing activities. I created and laminated large two-, three-, and four-column tables out of chart paper or poster board for children to...
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Introducing the Teaching Strategies Coach Membership
...of a personal mentor and a world-class professional learning community, and scale your coaching practice to improve instruction and learning. The Coach Membership will include the following components. Coach Mentorship:...
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Why I Don’t Have a “Letter of the Week” Anymore
...shared great research around playful learning. I also completed a book study with fellow colleagues where we examined alternatives to adapt our current thinking. The other was taking the time...
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Implementation Science and You
...to create a beautiful, flourishing garden remind me of the four stages the National Implementation Research Network has identified for the process of implementing a new program or change to...
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Setting the Early Childhood Standard in Montana
...has three classrooms: two mixed-age preschool classrooms and a full-day transitional kindergarten classroom. Open to the community, the classrooms operate with children from Monday through Thursday. Each Friday is dedicated...