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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 ...
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.
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.
The CFP provides a framework to encourage classroom teachers to consider an in-depth approach and problem-based learning. Goldsmith, Mark and Kantrov (2000) stated that it is important to keep cross-grade articulation ideas in mind when making appropriate choices for standards-based curriculum on each grade level.
This new practice guide, developed by the What Works Clearinghouse™ (WWC) in conjunction with an expert panel, distills contemporary early childhood and preschool education research into seven easily comprehensible and practical recommendations that preschool educators can use to prepare young children for school.
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.
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 ...
05/19/2021. Newsletter. ED's Early Learning newsletter provides monthly updates to subscribers on early learning initiatives led by the Department and our partners across agencies and in the field. Printable view. Last Modified: 03/15/2024. Early Learning at the U.S. Department of Education and beyond.