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Positive Guidance for Young Children: Be Consistent
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Please Pass the Water
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One Morning in the Block Area
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One Morning at the Construction Table
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Keep It Moving: Playing With Hoops
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Explaining Cradle Construction
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Drawing a Friend
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Counting Crackers
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Children’s Social Competence Checklist
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Bullying Hurts Everyone
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Work and Play Together
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Supporting Adult-Child Relationships
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Real Work: Preschoolers Can Help
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Young Children Need to Play!
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Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Music, Sound, and Movement
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Chores and Children: A Time to Learn
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Drama and Young Children
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Cooperation Across the Preschool Curriculum: Science
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Who’s the Leader?
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Predicting: Helping Preschoolers Look Ahead
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The Arts Lesson Addressing Benchmark 26.B.ECa
Adapting Lesson Plans to Meet IELDS Benchmarks
Physical Development and Health Lesson Addressing Benchmark 19.B.ECb
Adapting Lesson Plans to Meet IELDS Benchmarks
Science Lesson Addressing Benchmark 11.A.ECf
Adapting Lesson Plans to Meet IELDS Benchmarks
Language Arts Lesson Addressing Benchmark 2.B.ECa
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Dealing with Distraction
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Cooperation in the Preschool Classroom: Class Discussions
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Understanding and Accepting Differences: Why Can’t Maria Walk?
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He’s Teasing Me!
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Some Benefits of Multiage Grouping
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Tearless Transitions
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Is My Child OK?
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Take a Bold Approach to Shyness
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Making and Keeping Friends
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