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Teachers play an important role in the language development of children in early childhood classrooms with children as young as infants. Your efforts in building a relationship where communication is valued, and in implementing strategies that deliberately expand children’s vocabulary, make a lasting impact over their educational years.

Physical Development Children should be engaged in outdoor physical play for at least 30% of their day. Your outdoor area should be an extension of your classroom. It should be a fun place to learn, explore, and be fully engaged.

Challenging behaviors can be one of the most difficult aspects of an early childhood teacher’s job. Implementing preventive practices that include setting up an environment that is conducive to positive behaviors such as the use of real images depicting rules that are simple and developmentally appropriate, pictorial schedules, planned activities for transitions, and observing childrenContinue reading “Emotional Development”