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

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   2. Point out key words or ideas to help get the children ready for the story. 3. Read the book from beginning to end and use as much expression and gesture as you can. 4. Ask children to play an active part by making predictions along the way, answering questions, and pointing to or making comments about pictures, letters, and words. 5.

3. The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool

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   Program Description1. The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool, Fourth Edition, is an early childhood curriculum that focuses on project-based investigations as a means for children to apply skills and addresses four areas of development: social/emotional, physical, cognitive, and language.

4. A “New” Thematic, Integrated Curriculum for Primary Schools ...

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   Thematic integrated instruction puts the teaching of cognitive skills (reading, mathematics, science, writing, social studies and other subjects identified) in the context of a real-world subject that is both specific enough to be practical, and broad enough to allow creative exploration.(Thematic Instruction, n.d.).

5. Preschool Development Grants Program - U.S. Department of ...

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   The Preschool Development Grants competition supports States to (1) build or enhance a preschool program infrastructure that would enable the delivery of high-quality preschool services to children, and (2) expand high-quality preschool programs in targeted communities that would serve as models for expanding preschool to all 4-year-olds from low- and moderate-income families.

6. Effective Preschool Curricula and Teaching Strategies - ed

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   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. 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).