Who Is in the Mirror?
Video length: 0:26 Baby coos. Dad: See the baby there? Baby coos. As infants grow, they notice more and more
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Kindergarten Tool Kit
This tool kit is a resource for helping prekindergarten teachers partner with families as their child transitions to kindergarten. These
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Sing Pío, Pío, Pío
Video length: 0:12 The dialog is in Spanish, but captions and a transcript are available in English.. Norma: Pío, pío,
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Challenge Young Artists to Create in Three Dimensions
When young children create visual art, they explore and experiment with the properties of materials. Some classic examples of developmentally
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Process Play and STEAM: Getting Started
On this podcast, we are joined by Michelle Patt, an early childhood educator, consultant, and writer. Her work emphasizes STEAM
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What Can You Tell Me Baby?
Video length: 1:31 Mom: Hi! Are you warming up? Are you warming up your vocal cords? Trying to figure out
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Choose Good Books That Accurately Reflect Cultures and Home Languages
When teachers and child care directors are seeking new books to add to classroom libraries, it’s important to think intentionally
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Let’s Write a Grocery List
Video length: 0:36 Mom: Why don’t you write olives? What else do you want to put on the list for
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Toot, Honk, Splish
Video length: 1:31 Dad: The cruise ship goes honk, hoooooonnnk, honk, hoooooonnnk. Aaron: (joins in) hooonnk. Aaron: Hoonnk. Dad: Right.
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Keep Young Children Safe in the Car
Keep Young Children Safe in the Car Car accidents are the leading cause of death for young children in the
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Advocacy, Communication Important at Each Step of the Journey
Everyone tries to prepare soon-to-be parents for the day they bring life into the world, but no one can truly
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Diverse Families and the Transition to Kindergarten
This podcast is an interview Dr. Sarai Coba-Rodriguez, an assistant professor of educational psychology at the University of Illinois at
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Preschool Attendance Tool Kit
The Attendance Toolkit is a resource for prekindergarten teachers to assist them in promoting the importance of daily attendance in
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Strategies for Developmentally Appropriate “Show and Tell” in Early Childhood Classrooms
The key to Show and Tell is to make it developmentally appropriate for the children who are participating to encourage
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The Pumpkin Project
Meredith Kennedy and Michaela Martens Bridgeview Elementary School LeClaire, Iowa This project was an investigation of the afternoon preschool class
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Language and Literacy in Inclusive Early Childhood Programs
In this interview, we speak with Elise Prosser, a speech language pathologist from the Urbana Early Childhood School in Urbana,
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