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| Search Keyword "early childhood education" | Total: 10 results found. |
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Posted Mar 10,2009 at 1:59 PM
Every so often I get a call from a niece or nephew, looking for guidance in choosing the right preschool program for their child. I gather the necessary checklists and brochures and send them off. In my heart I have such an empty feeling, because I know that all the written material I can give them...
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Posted May 26,2009 at 1:35 PM
Apple for the teacher, anyone? It’s a gesture of the past. Students today aren’t likely to greet instructors with a token “thank you” on the classroom desk, or to revere authority the way they once did.Where has student civility gone, and how can it be exhumed? Marilyn Skinner, the director...
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Posted May 28,2009 at 2:53 PM
Maria Montessori’s unique teaching method first came to the United States in 1911 as an alternative form of early childhood education.The Montessori philosophy is based upon the concept of self-directed learning, emphasizing that children are not “little adults” but think and learn...
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Posted Jun 03,2009 at 2:17 PM
It is Parent/Teacher Conference time again at the preschool. Having already completed one round of conferences in the early fall, our parents are becoming seasoned at the “give and take” of reviewing Developmental Checklists and discussing their child’s progress through out the year. What...
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Posted Jul 16,2009 at 1:53 PM
Teaching kindergartners—the fledgling members of the academic and cultural world—is anything but child’s play. It’s about setting the foundation for a lifetime of learning and keeping the American education system filled with active minds. For some educators, the formative years, when...
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Posted Jul 21,2009 at 1:24 PM
Life is like a fairy tale for some families, or so it seems. They have two children, a boy and a girl; they live in a nice house and drive a nice car. Their children are well behaved and bright. We all know a family that looks like that; heck, we have even envied them. But for most of us, life...
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Posted Aug 20,2009 at 2:50 PM
This week as we got ready to end another Summer VPK program, it occurred to me just how similar the classroom microcosm is to general society. The summer VPK program is a unique situation for us. All of the students are relatively new to our program. Each hails from a different school or home...
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Posted Sep 16,2009 at 6:21 PM
The numbers are in. The average American child watches television 3.9 hours per day, engages in physical activity 1.4 hours per day and reads 0.7 hours a day.A long, long, time ago back in the land of the 50’s, television was not available most hours of the day. Generally speaking, programming...
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Posted Oct 20,2009 at 5:41 PM
I was touring a mother through our facility the other day when she posed the dreaded question, “what do you teach in the 3-4 year old program?” I paused for a moment, looked her straight in the eye and decided to take a chance. “We teach them how: to get along, get their needs met, follow...
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Posted Nov 18,2009 at 3:09 PM
Every where we turn there are articles on children and positive self esteem. Some children are continually being positively reinforced by their parents and grandparents leading to an expectation that teachers and schools are to do the same. Is the school responsible to continue an “epidemic” of...
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