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Ten Tips to Make Storytelling Ten Times the Fun!

Stories never get old, but they should change their flavor as they are told again and again. Spicing up the storytelling process is easy with these fun tips from Mary Jo Huff, award-winning storyteller and author of Story Play: Building Language and Literacy One Story at a Time.
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Related Book: Story Play
Three Tips to Support Language Learning in Young Children

Recent research suggests that young children ages 3 months to 3 years are experiencing developmental delays that may be sparked by less language engagement during the pandemic.

Talking and engaging babies and toddlers in conversation is one of the most important things parents, caregivers, and teachers can do for development! Renate Zangl, PhD, author of Raising a Talker: Easy Activities from Birth to Age Three, shares why building strong language skills very early on in life helps children in many areas of brain development. She also gives three practical, easy-to-do tips for interaction with young children in order to support early language learning.
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Related Book: Raising a Talker
Books to Support Early Literacy

This list of resources will help teachers build a strong literacy foundation for children that will serve them for life from expanding story time to oral, vocabulary, reading, and writing games and activities. Full of research-based tips and strategies, these books will give teachers, parents, and caregivers the tools they need to transform everyday play times into meaningful language-learning experiences.
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The Power of Stories

While early childhood educators often use books to teach the concepts of print or to point out rhyming words, Barbara Sorrels, EdD, author of Reaching and Teaching Children Exposed to Trauma explains how good children’s literature plays an important role in a healing environment for children.
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5 Things Children Learn Through Dress-Up Play

We all remember playing dress up. While children can turn almost any article of clothing into a grand costume, dress up kits like Gryphon House’s Community Dress-Up Toddler Set make play even easier and help build important academic skills, from cognitive thinking to physical coordination.
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Related Book: Planning for Play
What is Symbolic Play?

Children play all the time, and their creativity is often what directs them. A child can turn an empty box into a race car with just a bit of imagination. These kinds of imaginative games are called “symbolic play.”
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Related Book: Prop Box Play
Building Language Skills Through Play

Play is an underrated learning tool. We first learn through exploration and imagination. Young children can discover a great deal from a game of pretend; they may develop counting skills as they play supermarket or social-emotional skills when they play with baby dolls. Toys and games are some of our first teachers, and present a fun way for parents and caregivers to engage with their little learners!
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Related Book: Planning for Play
Helping Families Kick-Start Kindergarten Readiness

Even though it’s only February, families with four year olds are already talking about next year’s trip to kindergarten. Entering kindergarten is one of the biggest milestones in a young child’s life; it’s their first time being away from home all day, their first time meeting new children, and their first year of classroom learning! While all of these are exciting things, they can cause parents to wonder “Is my child prepared for kindergarten? What does she really need to know by now?”
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Related Book: Kick-Start Kindergarten Readiness
Tips and Tools for Teaching Letter Recognition

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Related Book: Art Across the Alphabet
How Learning Experiences Differ in a Project-Based Preschool

The Project Approach is a method of teaching using hands-on projects and activities as the main means for teaching. Projects illustrate anything from science concepts to literacy skills to artistic creativity.
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Related Book: Picturing the Project Approach

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