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Healthy Media & Tech Habits: Webinar for Early Learning Educators
In this 60-minute professional development webinar, educators will learn how to help families navigate screen time recommendations, develop healthy foundations for media consumption, and choose appropriate forms of media for their students.
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What is Computational Thinking and How Can it Teach Kids Problem-Solving Skills?
Computational thinking is a “creative problem-solving process” that empowers kids to be critical thinkers, innovators, effective communicators and lifelong learners.
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Six Ways to Teach Students Engineering from a JPL Education Specialist
Teaching engineering may seem daunting, but you don't really need "anything fancy," says JPL ed specialist Ota Lutz. Here are six of her tips on how to get kids enamored with engineering.
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Five Expert Tips to Promote Art in the Early Education Classroom
Encouraging little ones to make songs and paint pictures is fun, but it can also be helpful as they explore new forms of expression. Here are some tips for educators on what to do to promote art in their classrooms.
L.A. educator and PBS Early Learning Champion Charisse Sims works with children
Why This L.A. Teacher is Passionate About Alternative Approaches to Early Education
Meet Charisse Sims, the L.A. educator and PBS KIDS Early Learning Champion who founded an anti-racism preschool and now runs a literacy program and works with parents to help teach their kids.
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5 Ways Teachers Can Encourage Kids to be Neighborhood Scientists
Getting kids out into the world helps them put theory into practice by finding ways to improve their communities as citizen scientists.
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Ways to Integrate Cell Phones in the Virtual Classroom
If most families have cell phones, how can teachers harness the power of this tool to help fill educational gaps for early childhood learning?
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Crack the Code: Low-Tech Ways to Get Kids Started with Coding
Here's how you can start teaching kids about coding at home and in the classroom without fancy equipment. It sounds complex, but getting started can be as easy as making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
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Five Ways Early Educators Can Make Math Fun, According to an Early Education Researcher
Education researcher and UCI Assistant Professor Andres Bustamante offers tips on how educators can keep the love of learning math alive and well in kids through play.
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¡Déjelos jugar! Fomente la curiosidad en los jóvenes estudiantes con piezas sueltas
Con las indicaciones adecuadas, el juego puede ayudar a los niños a aprender de forma activa, ¡y ni siquiera necesitarán juguetes! Cosas como cajas, tapas de botellas, cuerdas y más pueden crear oportunidades para aprender jugando.
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Inquiry Projects: Start with a Child’s Question and Let Curiosity Lead the Way
Learn how curiosity can impact education with inquiry-based learning by starting with a question and empowering children to have agency in their learning.
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3 Fun and Inclusive Games to Add to Your Virtual Classroom
Integrating games in class has been proven to help improve focus and reading ability, including in children with special education needs.
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