This article discusses the importance of engaging children in story telling in order to support socialization, oral and language development, affirm culture, and form the foundation for literacy.
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Developmental discipline in the early childhood classroom (in Spanish)
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Behaviors that challenge children and audlts.
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Writing activities are an essential part of quality literacy practices in early care and education settings. As children communicate through writing, they learn important concepts about books and other forms of print in the world around them, including writing and alphabet systems. Writing, like speaking and the creative arts, allows children to actively express themselves and communicate with others.
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We use the term knowing in doing to refer to the knowledge children spontaneously use in their play activity. In the richly detailed context of play, children do not think, then act, as i planning their play some sequential, deliberate way. Rather, their play activity stems from the creative synergy of the moment. It is shaped by the here and now, the just-previous activity, and all sorts of ideas and notions accrued from past experience.
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Most kindergarten teachers become concerned when children's initial enthusiasm for writing does not result in improved writing ability. Current research about the process approach to writing suggests that children will make progress if they are provided the time, materials, information, and freedom needed to manipulate and invent meaningful written language.
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Please see article (in Spanish)
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Developing effective programs for linguistically and culturally diverse children and families. Based on One Child, Two Languages
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