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Resources for the Education of Young Children

For this Week of the Young Child 2020, we've gathered some of our favorite free resources in order to celebrate and honor the amazing educators who teach our young children. Each resource is designed to empower teachers to make a greater impact on student learning and prepare students for the future.

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Teaching Essentials and Brain-Based Strategies

  1. [Excerpt] Identifying Concepts and Skills – The Teacher Clarity Playbook
  2. [Webinar] Beautiful Questions in the Classroom – Warren Berger and Elise Foster
  3. [Blog] Asking Bigger, More Beautiful Questions About School – Corwin Connect
  4. [Blog] Finding Balance with Blended Learning – Corwin Connect
  5. [Podcast] The Balance – Catlin Tucker
  6. [Excerpt] Concept Attainment – Tools for Teaching Conceptual Understanding, Elementary
  7. [Blog] The Myth of the Brain/Body Dichotomy – Corwin Connect
  8. [Excerpt] Teaching Self-Regulation – Activities, Games, and Lessons for Social Learning
  9. [Activities] Brain Breaks – Energizing Brain Breaks

 

Literacy

  1. [Blog] 6 Tips for Ramping-Up Your Read Aloud Experience – Corwin Connect
  2. [Blog] Connecting With Caregivers: How to Keep On Exploring Words Beyond 3:00—and All Summer Long – Corwin Connect
  3. [Lesson] Let's Read & Write: I'm a Little Teapot – Text Structures from Nursery Rhymes
  4. [Video] Phonics Instruction – This Is Balanced Literacy
  5. [Video] Handwriting Lesson – This Is Balanced Literacy

 

Math

  1. [Excerpt] More or Less? Estimating Results – Daily Routines to Jump-Start Math Class, Elementary School
  2. [Excerpt] How to: Planning Effective Strengths-Based Instruction – Strengths-Based Teaching and Learning in Mathematics, Grades K-6
  3. [Excerpt] Anticipating Student Responses – The Five Practices in Practice [Elementary]
  4. [Checklist] Elements to Incorporate into your STEAM PBL – Step Into STEAM, Grades K-5
  5. [Checklist] Creating Tests that Assess Mastery – Teaching Mathematics in the Visible Learning Classroom, Grades K-2

 

Additional Recommended Resources

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