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Raise Your Play I.Q. – The truth about cleaning up!
What is the truth about getting children to clean up after playing? Really, there are at least two truths to consider: It takes a...
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Raise Your Play I.Q. – Using ‘BIG’ words with young learners
Sagacious, sophisticated and sedulous may not seem like words that one would use in everyday conversation with a preschooler, however, research indicates that parents...
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Raise Your Play I.Q. – Math and Science in the Kitchen
Math and science learning is all around us! The kitchen provides wonderful opportunities to measure, mix, pour, count and more! Learning about quantities, proportions,...
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Raise Your Play I.Q. – The ‘Art’ of conversing with children
Many consider holding conversations to be a primary teaching technique of early childhood educators. Everyone, however, can practice techniques to carry on meaningful and...
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Raise Your Play I.Q. — It’s good to be curious!
Children are born curious—about everything! Think about how many times toddlers are heard asking, “Why?” or show in some other way that they want...
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Raise Your Play I.Q. — Nurturing the child-adult partnership
The role of parents and caregivers in a child’s life is profoundly important.
The adult-child relationship impacts many areas in a child's life—helping a child...
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Raise Your Play I.Q. — Constructivist Intentions: Hands-On & Open-Ended
Young learners are infatuated with the world around them. Through direct experiences of visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory and gustatory perception (taste), young children experiment...
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Raise Your Play I.Q. — Full S.T.E.A.M. ahead: adding art to S.T.E.M.
Recently a great amount of focus has been placed on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (S.T.E.M.). To keep pace with a global economy, educators...
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Raise Your Play I.Q. — School will soon be in session
Where does the summer go? It seems that the carefree days of summer are fleeting. If you have or care for younger ones, you...
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Raise Your Play I.Q. — experiential learning at summer camp
Many of us have fond memories of summer camp. For some it was an overnight camp where we bunked in a cabin or tent,...
