Children are eager to learn. When young children gain literacy skills they begin to formulate their opinions and thoughts of the world around them. Children’s emergent literacy skills are directly related to their ability to communicate effectively. To promote emergent literacy within your program you should have: 1) Several activities that revolve around language arts,Continue reading “Emergent Literacy”
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Should Men Work with Young Children?
I say yes. They should! Children should have the opportunity to interact with men as well as women in the early childhood classroom. Men have a different approach and insight that women do not have and we are doing children a disservice when men are not recruited or encouraged to work within the early childhoodContinue reading “Should Men Work with Young Children?”
Promoting Diversity within the Early Childhood Classroom
Early childhood classrooms are becoming more diverse in various ways: Cultural, racial, physical, religious beliefs, linguistic (exposing children to various languages), and family dynamics to name a few. However, diversity is not always displayed and shared within the classroom. At this point we as early childhood educators have to ask ourselves why our classrooms areContinue reading “Promoting Diversity within the Early Childhood Classroom”