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Preschoolers

Providing Feedback

Explore this in-service suite to learn how to provide feedback to children that supports them. Teacher feedback can help children’s learning and encourage effort.

Scaffolding Children's Learning

In this in-service suite teachers learn ways to help children when they struggle to learn a concept or complete an activity.

Making Learning Meaningful

Find out how to make children’s learning meaningful. Also, explore how learning can be relevant in children’s everyday lives.

Using the Scientific Method

This in-service suite describes the steps of the scientific method. Teachers can discover how to use these steps in daily activities with children.

Thick and Thin Conversations

"Thick" conversations are the extended back-and-forth exchanges between a teacher and a child. This in-service suite describes teaching practices to engage children in "thick" conversations.

Novel Words

Conversations help children develop varied vocabularies. Find out how to use everyday talks with children to help them learn more vocabulary words.

Expansions

Expansions are ways to expand on what a child says or does during a conversation. This in-service suite describes how to use expansions to extend conversations with children to promote their language development.

Building a Solid Foundation

This in-service suite introduces the foundation of the Framework for Effective Practice. It focuses on engaging interactions and environments.

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