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Preschool Educators Stop Distinguishing Between Play Based and Academic Learning

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Child Led Learning Still Requires Active Teaching

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Nature Poetry with Preschoolers

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3 Reasons Your Lessons Flop and How to Fix It

20:42

How Effective Is Circle Time Really

23:45

The Purpose of Preschool is NOT to Prepare Children for Kindergarten

16:42

How Nature Based Preschools Can Work with Licensing and Insurance

Early childhood educators who want to adopt more nature-based practices often face hurdles in the form of licensing and insurance. This video offers some tips for navigating those entities. To access the membership mentioned in the video use code "NATURE25" at the following link: artisanal-inventor-8768.kit.com/products/wild-wonder-and-wisdom-membershi

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Preschool Educators Stop Distinguishing Between Play Based and Academic Learning

15:04

Preschool Educators Stop Distinguishing Between Play Based and Academic Learning

Переглядів 114 днів тому

It's time to stop identifying as either a play-based or academic program and understand all of the ways preschoolers learn academics through play. To join the membership referred to in the video, go to artisanal-inventor-8768.kit.com/products/wild-wonder-and-wisdom-membershi Use code "NATURE25" for 15% off before December 20, 2024.

Child Led Learning Still Requires Active Teaching

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Child Led Learning Still Requires Active Teaching

Переглядів 221 день тому

What is the role of the teacher in a "child-led" program? How do teachers strike the delicate balance between letting a child's process unfold and opening up new avenues of thought and experience?

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Nature Poetry with Preschoolers

Переглядів 1Місяць тому

Some ideas for introducing young children to poetry and some of my favorite nature poetry anthologies for preschoolers.

3 Reasons Your Lessons Flop and How to Fix It

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3 Reasons Your Lessons Flop and How to Fix It

Переглядів 3Місяць тому

It happens to the best preschool teachers we carefully plan lessons, whether whole gorup or as provocations or invitations for children to explore on their own but the plans fall apart. Nature-based emergent curriculum can help teachers avoid flops and turn things around when the inevitable happens.

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How Effective Is Circle Time Really

Переглядів 8Місяць тому

Circle time is an almost universally accepted part of the preschool day. But are children engaged and learning during circle time? What types of activities should teachers be leading during circle time to make the most effective use of time?

The Purpose of Preschool is NOT to Prepare Children for Kindergarten

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The Purpose of Preschool is NOT to Prepare Children for Kindergarten

Переглядів 9Місяць тому

When preschool teachers put pressure on "kindergarten readiness," they risk pushing young children into activities that are not developmentally appropriate. Instead, early childhood educators should focus on meeting the current developmental needs of the children in their care, which will give them the foundational skills they need to be succesful.

Sticks Are the Ultimate Learning Material

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Sticks Are the Ultimate Learning Material

2 місяці тому

Sticks are easy to find, no cost, and make incredibly versatile learning tools. Encourage your preschoolers to gather sticks from the ground, and then watch this video to learn how to use them to teach math, literacy, science, art, and more.

Why Documentation is Essential in Early Nature Based Settings

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Why Documentation is Essential in Early Nature Based Settings

Переглядів 12 місяці тому

Documentation shows parents and administrators the learning that happens within a child-led preschool program. It is also useful in helping children reflect on their own learning and goals. To access the documentation guide referred to in the video, follow this link: artisanal-inventor-8768.ck.page/8ced3e14aa

Can Learning Standards and Nature Based Emergent Curriculum Co exist

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Can Learning Standards and Nature Based Emergent Curriculum Co exist

2 місяці тому

Nature-based learning relies on emergent curriculum, which follows the child's lead. What happens, then, when early childhood educators in nature-based programs are expected to teach to state or program standards? To access the document referred to in the video, follow this link: artisanal-inventor-8768.ck.page/667e5f2747

Spinning Rolling and Hanging Upside Down are All Learning Behaviors

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Spinning Rolling and Hanging Upside Down are All Learning Behaviors

Переглядів 42 місяці тому

Stimulating the vestibular system and observing from a different perspective are part of rotation and orientation schemas and help get the body ready for literacy, science, and math learning. To access the PDF referred to in the video, follow this link: artisanal-inventor-8768.ck.page/3847839ec6

Hidden Learning: Enveloping and Enclosing Schemas

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Hidden Learning: Enveloping and Enclosing Schemas

2 місяці тому

Can wrapping toys and hiding in boxes be a learning behavior? What skills do children develop through enclosing and enveloping schemas and how can early childhood educators support it? To access the PDF referred to in the video, go to: artisanal-inventor-8768.ck.page/3847839ec6

Filling and Dumping Is a Purposeful Learning Behavior

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Filling and Dumping Is a Purposeful Learning Behavior

Переглядів 23 місяці тому

What are children learning through transporting objects from one place to another? And how can early childhood educators support this play schema? To access the PDF referred to in the video, download it here: artisanal-inventor-8768.ck.page/3847839ec6

Let Children Stack Throw and Hoard... in Order to Learn

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Let Children Stack Throw and Hoard... in Order to Learn

Переглядів 33 місяці тому

Connecting, positioning and trajectory schemas can sometimes seem challenging in a classroom environment. But the valuable learning children gain is worth finding solutions to supporting them in a preschool setting.

How to Engage Children with Their Own Interests and Needs

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How to Engage Children with Their Own Interests and Needs

Переглядів 23 місяці тому

Children learn best (and teaching is easiest) when they are engaged in an activity that matches their developmental needs. Learn how to use play schemas to identify the interests and skills children are already practicing so you can extend and build on them. To access the PDF referred to in the video, go here: artisanal-inventor-8768.ck.page/3847839ec6