Maintaining Daily Attendance in the Classroom

Maintaining accurate daily attendance is important and necessary to keep the children safe. The last thing that any parent wants to hear from a teacher is that “they do not” or “did not know” where their child was for any period throughout the day. The teacher or assistant in each classroom should always know theContinue reading “Maintaining Daily Attendance in the Classroom”

FREE Shape Guessing Handout

Patterns and shapes are great things to learn in early education. With this two page free downloadable resource, it takes away the work you have to do to provide a fun and educational game for children. Here’s how it works. Print off the page and have children guess which shape goes into the space withContinue reading “FREE Shape Guessing Handout”

FREE Apple Number Math Education Resource

Learning numbers is a fundamental part of education as a child and how children learn numbers can impact their relationship with math as they grow up. Help children start that relationship on a positive note by showing them the Apple Numbers math game sheets. Here’s how it works. Print out both the Apple Numbers PDFContinue reading “FREE Apple Number Math Education Resource”

Early Childhood Socialization

The socialization process prepares children to function in an appropriate and acceptable manner within their society. Socialization is a process through which parents, teachers, and others in a child’s life provide them with the necessary guidance to promote their social behavior. This guidance is provided in verbal and non-verbal actions to situations including both positiveContinue reading “Early Childhood Socialization”

Introducing Diversity into the Classroom

Diversity is important because early childhood classrooms are becoming more diverse in various ways: Cultural, racial, physical, religious beliefs, languages, and family dynamics to name a few. However, I feel that there is not always adequate diversity displayed and shared with young children. At this point, we as early childhood educators have to ask ourselvesContinue reading “Introducing Diversity into the Classroom”