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

   files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ910912.pdf

   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. My vision for family engagement is ambitious…

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   Teacher,” both teachers and principals across the coun-try consistently identify family engagement to be one of the most challenging aspects of their work.13 A com-mon refrain from educators is that they have a strong desire to work with families from diverse backgrounds and cultures and to develop stronger home-school

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

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   to or making comments about pictures, letters, and words. 5. The next time you read the book, and each time after that, let the children tell more and more of the story. Notice new words, interesting ideas, and silly actions and talk about them. 6. Ask “thinking questions”. One easy way to remember how to ask thinking questions is called ...

5. Quality Teaching and Learning in Pre-K Classrooms: What ... - ed

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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.

6. Trauma-Informed Classrooms | National Center on Safe ...

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   Trauma-Informed Classrooms. Provides an overview of the impact of trauma on students and explores how adverse life experiences can impact their behavior in the classroom. The bulletin also offers strategies for creating trauma-informed classrooms.

7. 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 ...

8. WIDELY USED MEASURES OF PRE-K CLASSROOM QUALITY

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   When pre-K accountability systems include observational quality measures, programs and teachers do show improvements on the measures over time.5 In intervention studies, too, when professional development is tied to these measures, pre-K teachers also show marked improve-ments when compared with business-as-usual practices. 6

9. 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."