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Children on a field trip
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Teaching Young Children
December 1, 2014

Playing and Learning Beyond the Classroom

For preschoolers, field trips as simple as visiting the grocery store down the street or the post office a few blocks away offer interesting learning experiences.
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Teaching Young Children
December 1, 2014

Message in a Backpack? Explore Your Community

Children learn from exploring the world around them. Try these suggestions to turn small errands into learning opportunities.
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Teaching Young Children
June 1, 2014

Message in a Backpack? Make Mealtimes Learning Times

51³Ô¹ÏÍø promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children.
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Las formas de todos los d¨ªas
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Teaching Young Children
April 1, 2014

Mensaje en la mochila? Las formas de todos los d¨ªas

Veamos algunas formas en que pueden ayudar a sus hijos preescolares a centrar su atenci¨®n en las caracter¨ªsticas que hacen que las formas sean parecidas o diferentes.
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Objects
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Teaching Young Children
April 1, 2014

Message in a Backpack? Everyday Shapes

Here are some ways to help your preschooler focus on what makes shapes alike and different.
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Girl playing in a tunnel
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Teaching Young Children
April 1, 2014

Fund-Raising Ideas for a Preschool Classroom

Fund-raising tips for preschool teachers who would like to raise money to pay for extra resources and materials.

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Kristi Kirinch
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Children collecting rocks
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Teaching Young Children
April 1, 2014

Simply a Day at the Beach

Waterfronts are uniquely suited for learning because they present different kinds of materials that are of interest regardless of a child¡¯s personality, temperament, age, or skills.

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Ian Kahl
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Boy sitting at table playing with small, multicolored blocks
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Teaching Young Children
April 1, 2014

Discovering Shapes and Space in Preschool

The following strategies and activities can help preschoolers learn to recognize and compare shapes.

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Linda Dauksas, Jeanne White
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Children planting
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Teaching Young Children
February 1, 2014

Message in a Backpack? Talk It Up!

Why is a large vocabulary important for children? Because it¡¯s linked to their reading and school success. Try these vocabulary-building ideas at home.
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Children on a field trip
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Teaching Young Children
February 1, 2014

En sus marcas, listos, aprendan! Vamos a la luna

Here's how creative play, focused on outer space, became the center of an entire preschool curriculum for several weeks¡ªproviding opportunities that connected science, math, literacy, language, art, and drama.

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Marie Faust Evitt
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Children with mother eating pastries
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Teaching Young Children
February 1, 2014

Building a Community Through Breakfast Club

Here¡¯s how a family child care provider strengthened the relationships with families in her program by launching a Breakfast Club.

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Lynn A. Manfredi-Petitt
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Children on a field trip
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Teaching Young Children
February 1, 2014

Ready, Set, Learn! We're Off to the Moon

Here's how creative play, focused on outer space, became the center of an entire preschool curriculum for several weeks¡ªproviding opportunities that connected science, math, literacy, language, art, and drama.

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Marie Faust Evitt
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Mother and child
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Teaching Young Children
October 1, 2013

Message in a Backpack? Solving Problems With Your Child

Sometimes children have problems getting along with others or following our few, simple classroom rules. When this happens, we work with the child to figure out a solution.
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Boy looking at a plant through a magnifying glass
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Teaching Young Children
October 1, 2013

Becoming a Nature Explore? Classroom

In 2009 the program, Kids & Company, decided to become a Nature Explore Classroom. The new outdoor space would become a classroom where all kinds of activities could take place.

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Martha Bass-Nichols, Kevin Carnes
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Child playing with tools
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Teaching Young Children
April 1, 2013

Message in a Backpack? Share Your Passions With Your Child

Sharing your passions with your child can be a wonderful way to explore a special interest together. Use this as a way to create unique and long-lasting experiences with your child.
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