The scenarios in this article show skilled teachers setting up environments and facilitating infants鈥� and toddlers鈥� development and learning. Their process is called听scaffolding.
If you鈥檝e visited 51涩涩屋app.org lately, you鈥檝e seen our tagline: Promoting high-quality early learning by connecting practice, policy, and research It鈥檚 not just a slogan, it鈥檚 our guiding principle鈥攁nd it鈥檚 exemplified by the May issue of Young Children.
Of all that brain science has taught us over the last 30 years, one of the clearest findings is that early brain development is directly influenced by babies鈥� day-to-day interactions with their caregivers.
Free play and guided play鈥攖ogether known as听playful learning鈥攁re pedagogical tools through which children can learn in joyful and conceptually rich ways.
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Authored by:
Brenna Hassinger-Das, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
Free play and guided play鈥攖ogether known as听playful learning鈥攁re pedagogical tools through which children can learn in joyful and conceptually rich ways.
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Authored by:
Brenna Hassinger-Das, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
Something special is happening in Head Start of Lane County, in Springfield, Oregon.
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Authored by:
Eric Pakulak, Melissa Gomsrud, Mary Margaret Reynolds, Theodore A. Bell, Ryan J. Giuliano, Christina M. Karns, Scott Klein, Zayra N. Longoria, Lauren Vega O'Neil, Jimena Santill谩n, Helen Neville
Reading the articles in this听Young Children听cluster about social and emotional development, I can鈥檛 help but dream of a world in which all children reap the benefits of the research-based practices highlighted here.
Children with higher emotional intelligence are better able to pay attention, are more engaged in school, have more positive relationships, and are more empathic.
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Authored by:
Shauna L. Tominey, Elisabeth C. O鈥橞ryon, Susan E. Rivers, Sharon Shapses
This Focus on Ethics column asks you to consider how to respond to Mr. Jackson鈥攖he father of 4-year-old Victor鈥攚ho insists that his son not be permitted to play with clothes or accessories typically associated with girls and women.
The STEM experiences teachers provide for young children can involve a variety of learning materials, including children鈥檚 literature, consumables and manipulatives, and web-based resources.
Many behaviors have cultural roots that teachers can capitalize on to foster each child鈥檚 developing identity, share cultural lessons with the whole class, and help children cultivate shared norms for their behavior as students.
The most powerful learning I have gleaned from my work with the project approach is that when children learn to inquire, they are learning how to learn. They are empowered to ask questions and seek answers.
The STEM experiences teachers provide for young children can involve a variety of learning materials, including children鈥檚 literature, consumables and manipulatives, and web-based resources.
Motor development is a constant learning process. A child鈥檚 body is continuously growing and changing, and his environment offers different opportunities for movement.
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Authored by:
Sandra Petersen, Emily J. Adams, Linda Groves Gillespie
