Category: Teacher Topics
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How To Use Books & Reading To Encourage Cognitive Development
From the very moment they are born, children are immersed in a highly social world. This includes parents, siblings, classmates, and teachers as well as values and objects that are part of their culture. All of these offer a context for the cognitive development and growth of a child. Preschooler’s thinking skills will undergo many […]
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How To Teach Conflict Resolution To Children Through Play
If there are multiple children engaging in play together, you can be sure that conflicts are going to happen. Since play is considered the work of children, using it as a way to teach conflict resolution makes sense, right?
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Activities To Promote Brain Development In Infants
Experts have pinpointed specific areas of cognitive development that are supportive of the interactions of infants with their environment through sensorimotor processes and their innate curiosity to find out how the world works. Concepts Learned in Infancy Following are some of the concepts that infants begin to learn early on in their lives.
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9 Benefits Of Teaching Sign Language To Infants And Toddlers
In the past few years, baby signing has increased in popularity- right along with stroller fitness and music class. While these all seem to have very similar benefits in that they offer bonding time for the infants with their caregiver (or parent)- baby signing gives babies the benefit of earlier communication.
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What Types Of Early Childhood Programs Are Available?… (and how to pick the right one for my child)
These days, parents are extremely interested in enrolling their children in pre-kindergarten programs. After all, the earlier the learning process starts, the more successful the child will be later in life. Additionally, if there are any learning issues, early intervention is critical.
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How To Find And Hire Great Preschool Teachers That Are Committed (and why your children will suffer if you don’t get this right)
One of the most significant determinations of teacher quality is their stability. Turnover in early childhood education refers to the rate at which teachers are leaving their programs to take a new position in the field of early childhood education or leave the field entirely to enter a new field or to retire. Factors that […]
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8 Ways To Prevent Teacher Burnout
Unfortunately, teacher burnout is a very common occurrence in the field of early childhood education. As teachers, we’ve pretty much come to terms with it. At some point in our careers, we will end up getting burnt out. The statistics may come as a shock to the general public- but a few years ago, the […]