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2. Talking about Artifacts: Preschool Children’s Explorations ...

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   Engineering thinking is a new area of exploration within engineering education that is based on the developmental engineering hypothesis suggesting that young children’s exploratory, inquisitive, and creative behaviors resemble traits highly desirable in engineering (Evangelou, in press). In this paper, we present initial findings from a ...

3. Talk, Read and Sing Together Every Day! - U.S. Department of ...

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   Encourage back-and-forth exchanges. • Tune into children’s interests and experiences and talk about them. • Take turns communicating. • Show that you are interested in what they are doing and listening to what they say. • Provide time for children to respond. 3. Invite children to talk about what they are doing.

4. Parent and Educator Resource Guide to Section 504 in Public ...

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   Every year, public school teachers, leaders, parents, students, and other interested parties contact the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) asking questions about the educational and civil rights of students with disabilities who are enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools.

5. ERIC - ED594416 - Teaching STEM in the Preschool Classroom ...

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   This book is designed to build educators' confidence and competence so they can bring STEM to life with young children. The authors encourage pre-K teachers to discover the value of engaging preschoolers in scientific inquiry, technological explorations, engineering challenges, and math experiences based on learning trajectories.

6. Nine Ways to Use Visual Art as a Prewriting Strategy - ed

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   1—Sketch-To-Stretch One of the best known pre-writing activities is Sketch-to-Stretch (Seigel, 1984). This strategy is introduced and modeled by the teacher several times before the students work either individually or as part of a group. After reading, pupils create a sketch based on their understanding of the text.

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

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   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).

8. Pre-K/Elementary School | National Center on Safe Supportive ...

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   Pre-K/Elementary School, the start of children’s formal education, is the springboard for future academic engagement and success. Early experiences, including early relationships and learning environments, serve as the foundation for later educational and life outcomes. As noted by Plato, "the beginning is the most important part."

9. Supporting Dual Language Learners in the PreK Classroom

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   How can teachers support dual language learners in the preK classroom, especially when considering the number of languages spoken? In Boston’s Head Start programs in 2015 alone, children spoke more than 140 languages and more than 35 percent lived in households where English was not the primary language. 1 In 2016, about 12 million (22 percent) of children in the United States spoke a ...