The Power of Block Building

In the October 2003 issue of the NCTM magazine, I read the article “The Power of Block Building”. I choose this article because it gave facts and evidence to our “world of data” on the power of play. Beth Casey and Barbara Cobb wrote about the mathematical benefits of blocks in the classroom and specifically […]

Assessments in the Classroom

To Run, Stomp, or Study :Hissing Cockroaches in the Classroom
By:Katrina M. Korte with Laura Jane Fielden and Josephine C. Agnew
In this article, the teacher posed to complete a research study of two first grade classrooms. One would be the control group and one would be participating in the experiment of whether introducing children to “yucky” […]

NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct

Ethics and the Early Childhood Teacher Educator
A Proposed Addendum to the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct
By: Nancy Freeman, Stephanie Feeney,
and Eva Moravcik
The NAEYC Code of Ethics […]

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So Many Books So Many Uses

Subject: African Animals - Going to the Zoo
 
1. Anansi and the Magic Stick
By Eric A. Kimmel

Health: Students can discuss how talking about other people can make them feel.
Writing: Children can create their own magic tricks and […]

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