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Create a World
Students combine imaginative powers with known map-making techniques to create a whole new world.
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Families
Students draw a picture of their families and discuss how each is different. In this families lesson plan, students discuss how each family is uniquely different and special in their own way.
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Caps for Sale/Color Words
Students read the book "Caps for Sale." Students model reading a sentence and using one color cap and the color word (written in its color). They match the color word (written in its color) to the correct color hat.
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Preschool Activity Centers
Students brainstorm uses for common objects. Preschool students handle everyday items and identify their uses. Student teachers plan the activity and demonstrate it for the class.
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Social Studies: How to Teach Children
Students examine reasons for teaching children and the characteristics of an effective teacher. After a Powerpoint presentation which includes a humorous look at the 1915 rules for teachers, they create daily teaching schedules and...
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Hunting for Hidden Fat
Learners investigate the importance of fat in the diet. They determine the difference between solid and liquid fat. They examine food labels to identify the ones that contain fat.
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Early Childhood News: How Dramatic Play Can Enhance Learning
Dramatic play allows children to develop skills in such areas as abstract thinking, literacy, math, and social studies. In order to derive the full benefits from dramatic play as it relates to learning, early educators should "set the...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Peep and the Big Wide World: Professional Development
PEEP and the Big Wide World, the animated Emmy Award-winning series that teaches science and math to an early childhood audience, offers professional development videos hosted by and tailored to family child care educators and...