Here are some ideas for creating a classroom culture that encourages positive feelings toward math, values hard work, and supports children in tackling challenges head-on.
One way to encourage positive connections within families is by teaching adult family members to use the Powerful Interactions™ framework with their children.
Read the following story and teacher reflections, and use the Reflective Questions at the bottom of this article to deepen your thinking and shape your teaching practices.
Read the following story and teacher reflections, and use the Reflective Questions at the bottom of this article to deepen your thinking and shape your teaching practices.
Play supports children’s learning in so many ways. Make sure your child has time to play to promote cognitive, language and literacy, physical, social, and emotional development.
We can help families understand why play is critical for preschoolers’ learning and development—and how play sets children up for future school success.
On HELLO, we’ve noticed seven teaching challenges teachers repeatedly ask about. These are areas preschool teachers grapple with throughout the school year, and they seem to be on many teachers’ minds. Do any of them strike a chord?
As the “First Lady of Children’s Music,” Ella Jenkins has spent more than 50 years working with children and teachers, helping educators incorporate music, diverse cultures, games, and movement into their early childhood programs.
By the end of a year in a literacy-rich preschool program, a typical older 4-year-old can often name at least 18 or 19 uppercase letters and 16 or 17 lowercase letters.
Here are five ideas that will help early childhood educators support science learning in the classroom and communicate with families about how to support children’s science learning at home.
Here are five ideas that will help early childhood educators support science learning in the classroom and communicate with families about how to support children’s science learning at home.
The sand table and the water table can be two of the most popular areas of the classroom for young children, but it is important to remember that these areas are essential to the classroom for higher-level learning.
