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Mar 20, 2025

Running Record Observations in Early Childhood Education

Child development
As an educator, you’re tasked with many responsibilities. The core of early childhood education is to help young children build a ...
Mar 20, 2025

How to Use Open-Ended Questions with Preschoolers (with 50+ Examples)

Child development
Imagine one of your preschoolers enjoys playing with a plush dog toy. You ask, “Do you like dogs?” They respond with, “Yes,” and ...
Mar 20, 2025

Onlooker Play: What It Is & Why It's Important for Your Toddler

Child development
As children grow, they progress through six different stages of play. After their solitary play stage, they move to the onlooker ...
Mar 19, 2025

Introduction to Naturalistic Intelligence

Child development
Intelligence is the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills. IQ tests measure a range of cognitive abilities and are ...
Mar 19, 2025

An Early Childhood Educator’s Guide to Receptive Language

Child development
The first five years of a child’s life are crucial for all developmental areas. One essential developmental skill is receptive ...
Mar 19, 2025

Cooperative Play: The Final Stage of Play & Why It Matters

Child development
Children go through six stages of play as they develop, and their skills advance in every stage. This last stage, cooperative ...
Mar 19, 2025

A Teacher's Guide to Visual-Spatial Intelligence

Child development
What does it take to tie your shoes or brush your hair? What’s happening in your mind that allows you to pack a suitcase or merge ...
Mar 19, 2025

Build Executive Functioning Skills for School Readiness

Child development
Every day, air traffic controllers are responsible for guiding hundreds of planes to safely and successfully take off from and ...
Mar 19, 2025

The Value of Solitary Play in Early Childhood

Child development
When they’re young, children engage in play as an important part of their growth and development. As they grow, children often ...
Mar 19, 2025

Body Awareness: Laying the Foundation for Motor Skill Mastery

Child development
“Head, shoulders, knees, and toes…” You probably know this song well, but did you know the lyrics and motions of the song help ...
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