Video – Watch Language Skills Grow When They Make Playdough!
Lanie Igtanloc teaches her students to make playdough by measuring, mixing, and describing. While experimenting,
watch how Ms. Igtanloc builds her students’ language skills by having them describe their observations.
Play, Participation, and Possibilities: An Early Learning and Child Care Curriculum Framework for Alberta
Play, Participation, and Possibilities is intended to guide the practice of early childhood educators working in Alberta. It is available free of charge to any educator who wants to voluntarily engage with the ideas and concepts as a way to support their evolving practices, planning and provisions for young children’s learning.
Video: Frontloading for English Language Learners
Carmen Ngan teaches her students new vocabulary through literature, discussion, and movement.
Watch how Ms. Ngan uses Total Physical Response to engage her students in learning new words.
Video Playlist: Early Childhood Education
With a focus on early literacy, dual language learners, science, math, social-emotional learning, and strategies for early childhood education, this
video series is full of information and ideas for your CNC program!
What is Physical Literacy?
Physical literacy is when kids have developed the skills and confidence to be physically active for life. Kids develop physical literacy gradually through a variety of structured and unstructured activities. The nature of these activities changes as kids grow in age and ability. Explore the
Active for Life website and videos to learn more!
10 Books That Bring Diversity to Children’s Libraries
Books, especially those for young readers and even babies, help shape our early worldview. With that in mind,
here are a few suggestions of titles that add diverse perspectives to libraries for kids.
Supporting The Settlement Of Young Immigrant Children And Their Families, by Julie Dotsch is now available online!
Written by child care and diversity expert Julie Dotsch, with strategies and ideas from caregivers working in the field of newcomer child care,
"Supporting the Settlement of Young Immigrant Children & their Families" builds on caregivers’ professionalism, knowledge and experience to provide a greater understanding of the new immigrant and refugee experience from a child’s and family’s perspective.
Video: Using Math Talk to Support Learning
In
this video, Dr. Jeffery Trawick-Smith and Dr. Sudha Swaminathan discuss the importance of using math and math talk to help support learning in the preschool classroom. Child and Family Development Resource Center teacher Cynthia DeJesus shares her experiences on using these strategies in her classroom.
Video: Preschool Science Experiment – Program planning ideas for your program!
The preschool classroom at Bright Horizons does a science experiment in which they mix together water, cornstarch and food coloring. Hear about all that they are learning and
watch as they see what happens when the different materials and colors mix together!
Video: Investigating Trees – Program planning ideas for your program!
Preschool and toddler teachers describe how children engaged in a variety of learning activities while investigating the properties of trees. Hear how the the teachers developed their plan, and see how much the children have fun and learn
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