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title: Teachstone Blog | CLASS & Effective Teaching Strategies | Research (10)
description: Research | Explore resources for teachers, coaches, and observers and learn about CLASS and teacher-child interactions on our blog. (10)
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## [Why We Love Kids: Part 4](https://info.teachstone.com/blog/love-kids-part-4?hsLang=en-us)

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What’s the only thing better than helping children learn? Helping children learn while having fun, of course!

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## [Tech in Early Education #2: Online Professional Development - Why Bother?](https://info.teachstone.com/blog/online-professional-development-why-bother?hsLang=en-us)

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Online learning is all the rage. With the advent of Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs), we have more opportunities than ever before to explore new ...

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“Lecturing is dead.”

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## [Why We Love Kids: Part Three](https://info.teachstone.com/blog/love-kids-part-three?hsLang=en-us)

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At Teachstone, we are lucky enough to spend time reviewing videos of fabulous classrooms and teaching moments. Earlier this year, I began a blog ...

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My colleagues and I are often asked, “Why do observers have to recertify every year?”

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## [Why We Love Kids: Part 2](https://info.teachstone.com/blog/love-kids-part-2?hsLang=en-us)

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If you work in education, then you already know that kids are why we do what we do. However, this can be easy to forget as children are too often ...

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