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2. 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.

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

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   The more you engage with babies and toddlers in this way, the more they learn to understand and use new words and concepts. Below are some tips for talking with babies and toddlers and engaging in high-quality back-and-forth interactions. Move to the child’s level and make eye contact. Mirror the child’s tone.

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

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   Once children develop th ese fundamental number skills, encourage them to solve basic problems. Recommendation 2. Teach geometry, patterns, measurement, and data analysis using a developmental progression. • Help children to recognize, name, and compare shapes, and then teach them to combine and separate shapes. •

5. The Environment as the Third Teacher - ed

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   ways. When thinking about the colors for a classroom, think about the amount of time children might spend in the environment each day, and the program objectives. Brightly colored walls are often a staple in early childhood environment, with the idea that primary colors communicate “kid space.” Bright colors, however, serve to

6. Instructional Practices for Teaching Emergent Literacy at the ...

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   Preschool teachers continue that learning by focusing on emergent literacy skills and by using efective instructional practices every day. This at-a-glance resource is designed to be a visual reminder for teachers about the four key building blocks of emergent literacy. It includes key evidence-based instructional practices featured in the ...

7. Using Concrete Manipulatives in Mathematical Instruction - ed

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   nipula-tives in order to impart quality CRA instruction. Rather, everyday objects found around an average classroom or household can be use. as con-venient and efective mathematical manipulatives. Popular manipula-tives used in mathematical instruc-tion include: blocks, Popsicle sticks, toothpicks, Styrofoam cups, contain-ers.