Language Arts

Teaching English language learners in preschool

December 16, 2009

A guest post by Karen Nemeth http://www.languagecastle.com/ Excellence in early childhood education is a wonderful goal that we’d like to achieve for all young children. As the population changes, that means all early childhood teachers should be prepared to teach children who speak different languages. Right now as many as 20%-25% of the children in [...]

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Providing preschoolers with structured and unstructured opportunities to write

November 5, 2009

Both structured and unstructured writing opportunities can benefit preschoolers but it is important to understand the difference and to know what is age appropriate. Unstructured Writing Opportunties Providing a writing center or writing tools on a table that preschoolers are free to explore are examples of unstructured writing opportunities. As very young preschoolers are developing their [...]

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Building a child’s vocabulary in preschool

October 24, 2009

Language and literacy are important components of any preschool classroom and building a child’s vocabulary is a key component in facilitating language and literacy. Vocabulary The word “vocabulary” in the preschool classroom does not mean reviewing a list of words on your classroom wall or flipping through a set of flash cards. Promoting vocabulary in [...]

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