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It’s All Out There for the Taking… But Which Early Childhood Training Should...
With a simple Google search, early educators can pull up scores of training organizations. Some have fancy websites with videos and testimonials. Others are simple with no frills and cheap prices....
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Let It Start with Me… Learning to Pay Attention to Children’s Strengths
As child care providers get caught up in the day-to-day, sometimes they can become focused on classroom management. They become fixated on certain things about children- often misbehavior in all its...
View ArticleThis Film Was 17 Years and 15,000+ Interviews in the Making: Three Things It...
It’s been one surprise after another for 11 months straight. Now, we’re less than a week away from releasing the documentary Blindsided by AI: The Bigger Picture. The film follows educators’ first...
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But I Don’t Want That One! Understanding the Value in Giving Young Children...
As adults, we always have the safety and well-being of young children in the forefront. The result can be the desire to constantly instruct, guide, and hover. Adults feel compelled to teach children...
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Turning Down the Volume: Effective Communication Strategies for Early...
It can start out innocently enough. The teacher raises her voice to get a child’s attention and guess what? He stops what he’s doing and turns to listen. At this moment, the teacher’s behavior is...
View ArticleFour Valuable Takeaways From the Last Eighteen Back-to-School Seasons
The educators we’ve followed over the last 18 years are among the most committed, optimistic, and inspiring people we’ve ever met. Their spirit is infectious and intoxicating. Every year, around...
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Meet Me Online for Preschool! Wait… Let’s Think This Through!
As advertised, online preschool programs may seem a perfect alternative to in-person programs… no driving to a location, no specific time to get the child up and into the car, the comforts of home...
View ArticleSeries Update: This New Framework Aims to Resolve the Incompatibility Between...
Carolyn Fell Kurban’s academic career shaped her unusual lens on teaching with generative AI. Her degrees span science, English Language Teaching, a master’s in Technology and Learning Design, and a...
View ArticleFive Educational Framework Founders Met For the First Time to Exchange Notes...
Many may not recognize the faces, but most educators likely know the names of at least a couple of teaching models this group created—SAMR, TPACK, Triple E, SETI, and GenAI-U. For the first time, the...
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Early Childhood Programs: The Importance of Checking in
Sometimes, when observing early childhood classrooms, I see things that give me pause. They are usually situations related to teacher interaction with children or the child care environment. Not as...
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