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2. Preschool Curriculum: What'sInIt forChildren andTeachers - ed

   files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED505161.pdf

   in the dramatic play area). The alphabet displayed and visible at children’s eye view, with children having access to alphabet toys and manip-ulatives (e.g., alphabet puzzles, magnetic letters). Functional signs that are visible around the classroom. (e.g., the class schedule, labels for toy storage, names on cubbies).

3. WWC | Teaching Math to Young Children

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   Teaching Math to Young Children. This practice guide provides five recommendations for teaching math to children in preschool, prekindergarten, and kindergarten. Each recommendation includes implementation steps and solutions for common roadblocks. The recommendations also summarize and rate supporting evidence.

4. Teaching Math to Young Children Practice Guide Summary ...

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   The Teaching Math to Young Children practice guide presents five recommendations designed to help early education teachers capitalize on children’s natural interest in math. The first two recommendations identify early math content areas that should be included in the preschool, prekindergarten, and kindergarten curricula.

5. Teaching Math to Young Children - Institute of Education Sciences

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   Promote children’s understanding of measurement by teaching them to make direct comparisons and to use both informal or nonstandard (e.g., the child’s hand or foot) and formal or standard (e.g., a ruler) units and tools.

6. Effective Preschool Curricula and Teaching Strategies - ed

   files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED522728.pdf

   Currently, 38 states have some type of state-funded preschool program. Over 800,000 children were enrolled in state-funded pre-k programs during the 2004-2005 school year and investments are growing, with $2.8 billion spent on state pre-k during that same year. With this growth, more evaluations of state-funded.

7. Quality Teaching and Learning in Pre-K Classrooms: What It Takes

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   to afordable preschool programs is a crucial issue for improving kindergarten readiness for 3- to 5-year-olds, but research shows that the quality of teaching and learning in those programs is just as essential. Across the country, states are boosting preschool policy standards and strengthening educational requirements for preschool teachers.

8. Supporting Boys' Learning: Strategies for Teacher Practice ...

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   There is a growing body of research that has raised concerns about boys' vulnerability in terms of social-emotional development, referral to special education, and academic success in school, with African-American and Latino boys most at risk. Responding to these concerns, this user-friendly guide provides strategies to improve teaching practice.

9. A Matter of Degrees: Preparing Teachers for the Pre-K ...

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   This 2010 report, authored by Marisa Bueno, Linda Darling-Hammond and Danielle Gonzales, reviewed research on training for pre-k teachers and concluded that educators with at least a bachelor's degree coupled with specialized training in early childhood are best able to foster development of the cognitive, social and emotional skills children ...