Amy Simon  |  Young Learners  |  0 comments  |  22 views  |  Read Full

 

Many children experience anxiety related to mathematics to a certain extent, and this may begin as early as kindergarten. This anxiety can result in poor academic performance in math, many misunderstandings in math content and procedures, and negative attitudes toward math.

Susan Meynell  |  Young Learners  |  0 comments  |  53 views  |  Read Full

 

America's literacy rates lag far behind other countries. It's time for America to carefully research the most effective ways to teach children how to read, to help our struggling readers, and support our English language learners.

Sushma K.S  |  Young Learners  |  0 comments  |  61 views  |  Read Full

 

Children are the core component of any nation. Without a socially and economically harmonious and healthy environment child development or child education has been pushed to darkness. Child labour, trafficking, exploitation are the main issues every developing nation is trying to overcome.

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Elementary education is so important as it provides the basics upon which all other education builds. Without these basics, children will struggle throughout their school education, causing unhappiness, stress, and perhaps behavior problems. This means that elementary school teachers need to help all their students as much as possible with these basic topics.

Jennifer Dobson  |  Young Learners  |  0 comments  |  70 views  |  Read Full

 

Preschool is the ideal time to develop and enhance students' understanding of written and spoken language. The letters of the alphabet are the basic building blocks that lie at the heart of communication, both spoken and written.

Eleanor Ellingson  |  Young Learners  |  1 comments  |  83 views  |  Read Full

 

Often children are taught the letters and sounds with a letter of the week approach. Learning is focused on each letter for an entire week, and everything about that letter is taught at the same time including the name, shape and sound. Research shows that this may not be the best approach for two reasons.

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Good teachers differentiate spelling instruction. They get outside of their spelling workbooks and challenge their students with un-mastered spelling patterns and words. But, how to differentiate spelling in a diverse classroom is the trick. Here is a classroom-tested plan that works with all grade levels.

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In an elementary school, there are often four or five classes of each grade level. In our district, one of those classes is for children in the gifted program. If there aren't enough children in the gifted program in that grade level, other students who score high are added to fill up that class.

Cassandra Eccleston  |  Young Learners  |  0 comments  |  126 views  |  Read Full

 

In my first years as an early childhood teacher in a small private preschool, if one of the children in my care was not following the 'norms' of development, it was not clear to me what I should do. As we all know, the early childhood field can have a fast turn over of staff in child care centres, and often the Directors or Authorised Supervisors have just as little or less field experience as other staff.

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How did someone like me end up an educator with a book on the rules of teaching and learning? It's really only natural. I have always been a student and even now at the ripe age of 92 (if you count principal years like dog years), I am still a student both formally and informally.