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Effective Kindergarten Readiness Assessments: Influencing Policy, Informing Instruction, and Creating Joyful Classrooms

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Connect, Deepen, Extend: Creating Meaningful Science, Technology, and Engineering Learning Experiences

funds of knowledge to create developmentally appropriate STE learning experiences 鈥� pedestrian safety and hygiene practices . We also offer ways that 鈥� design and integrate key STE practices and concepts into their own settings 鈥�

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Assessment in Kindergarten: Meeting Children Where They Are

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Communicating with Clarity: Helping Children Understand the What, Why, and How of Their Learning

childhood settings and across all developmental domains. It requires educators 鈥� fits into the framework of developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) by creating opportunities 鈥� translating research into practice . We each bring unique perspectives 鈥�

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Meaningful Assessment and Documentation: How Directors Can Support Teaching and Learning

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Shifting from a Classroom of Reluctant Compliance to a Classroom of Responsive Curiosity

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International Curriculum Frameworks: Increasing Equity and Driving Systemic Change

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The Wonder of Woodwork in Early Childhood: Exercising Imagination, Creativity, and Problem Solving

Teachers who have continued the practice of woodworking with young 鈥� embed woodworking within practice . By supporting children鈥檚鈥� that woodworking can be a developmentally appropriate experience to introduce to children as young as 3 鈥�

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Effective Kindergarten Readiness Assessments: Influencing Policy, Informing Instruction, and Creating Joyful Classrooms

Supporting Families and Teachers Through Change, Virtual Learning, and Reopening Schools听

Teacher Reflection. Fostering Exploration to Elevate a Common Experiment

Connect, Deepen, Extend: Creating Meaningful Science, Technology, and Engineering Learning Experiences

Assessment in Kindergarten: Meeting Children Where They Are

Communicating with Clarity: Helping Children Understand the What, Why, and How of Their Learning

Meaningful Assessment and Documentation: How Directors Can Support Teaching and Learning

Shifting from a Classroom of Reluctant Compliance to a Classroom of Responsive Curiosity

International Curriculum Frameworks: Increasing Equity and Driving Systemic Change

The Wonder of Woodwork in Early Childhood: Exercising Imagination, Creativity, and Problem Solving

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