I was quite taken aback recently when an intern completing her first semester with a group of young toddlers told me, “My goal when I started the ...
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I could sit for hours watching a group of young children play. And I am lucky enough to have the opportunity to do so as an observer in toddler and ...
A great transition is one that is efficient, quick, has clear teacher follow through, and all the while, students know what to do and what is ...
First of all, “rote” learning is not the enemy; there is a time and place for everything. It’s necessary to memorize addresses, PINs, birthdays, the ...
Early educators are prepared for transitions in a child’s life. Whether it’s introducing them to solid foods, teaching them how to paint within the ...
We often hear people asking about conducting CLASS observations during mealtimes. What kinds of interactions can be observed while children are just ...
If you’ve ever been to a CLASS training, you’ve probably seen a graph showing a sort of “state of the union” for CLASS scores, the range of scores in ...
I started out thinking I would write about how CLASS can help children who have challenging behavior, and then the thought occurred: that while yes ...
Gynna Garrett is a pre-K teacher in Bartow County, GA. As our September Teacher of the Month, I asked Gynna what makes her classroom unique.
Through daily language interactions, bilingual parents permanently shape their young children’s cultural understanding by embracing not one, but two ...