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Challenge Young Artists to Create in Three Dimensions

Challenge Young Artists to Create in Three Dimensions

Blogs, Learning and Growing Together
Explore the Arts with Young Children

Explore the Arts with Young Children

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Let’s Write a Grocery List

Let’s Write a Grocery List

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Language Development, Communication, and Literacy

Language Development, Communication, and Literacy

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Get Ready to Read

Get Ready to Read

Graphic Tip Sheets, Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
Pretty Up High

Pretty Up High

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Drawing a Friend

Drawing a Friend

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Young Authors at Work: Story Dictations

Young Authors at Work: Story Dictations

Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets Aligned to Benchmarks
girl writing at table with classmates

The Power of the Pen: Let Children Choose Writing Centers!

Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets Aligned to Benchmarks
The Power of the Pen: Drawing and Scribbling

The Power of the Pen: Drawing and Scribbling

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets Aligned to Benchmarks
Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Art Works!

Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Art Works!

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets

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