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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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Getting young students to focus on class is difficult. But what does paying attention even mean? Find a few basics on each of the four kinds of attention, coupled with tips and virtual activities that can help little learners develop them.
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After months of remote learning, many teachers are struggling to make the experience engaging for kids, making it high time for a reimagining of strategies. But instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, why not go back to tried-and-true strategies? With that in mind, here are some simple tips and tech tools to help teachers reel their kids back into class.
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Here are a few strategies and resources that can help you begin anti-bias education, or go deeper into it, in your classroom by incorporating messages of affirmation, fairness and empowerment into all aspects of learning.
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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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With the right prompts, playing can help kids become engaged learners, and you don’t even need toys! Things like boxes, bottle caps, strings and more can create endless opportunities for learning through play.
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