While we see incredible sights when our Tracks (the 4- and 5-year olds) class heads out into the community on field trips, one thing remains consistent year after year. The children are compelled to share their ages to the very fraction of the year with the kind adults serving as our guides at museums or other [...]
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Wait Time
When a teacher poses questions during story time or during play, she or he is not quizzing the children. An answer or response is not always expected. Teachers are helping make connections and extensions. Children benefit from wait time and the look twice, so that they can reflect and enrich their understanding.
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Beginning a storyline that will last a lifetime–helping young children build and find friendships. Friendship, negotiating the rules of play and conflict resolution become an important part of life at home and at school.
read moreCreativity Embedded in the Classroom
A brief glimpse of a “lightning strike” of inspiration as well as a moment to reflect how, once introduced and nurtured, the language of creativity is embraced independently by children giving them opportunity to share, to build, and to problem-solve through words and action.
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How Do You Hold A Book?
How do you hold a book? Which is the front? Where is the back? In which direction do the words flow – up, down, to the left, to the right? When someone is speaking can you tell the difference between a question and a statement?
How do young children learn the things we, as adults, take for granted?
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The art of conversation is something many adults take for granted. Try to remember a recent casual conversation you had with someone. Focus only on the back and forth flow of statements, responses or questions made by you and the other person. What was the ratio of questions versus statements?
Most casual conversations between adults probably consist of an equal give and take of related ideas rather than questions. In fact, if you were talking to a person who constantly asked you a series of unrelated questions, you would leave the conversation feeling like someone had just invaded your personal space!
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