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How a Montessori Classroom, Online Learning, and Family Engagement Can Work Together
By: Lisa Evans. The Lexington Four Early Childhood Center has discovered an at-home program called Waterford UPSTART that not only supplements classroom teaching and student learning, but empowers parents to authentically engage in their child’s education.
Voices from the Field: Best Practices
By: Erin Gohl and Kristen Thorson. We can support our teachers and the work they do by valuing their perspective and insights, providing them with the resources specific to their students’ needs, and giving them the autonomy to respond to the variations in learning and circumstance within their classrooms.
Thinking Outside of the Gift Box
By: E. Gohl et al. Giving an experience-based gift can provide many layers of enjoyment and connection and help to build a rich family culture.
Small Talk, Big Benefits: Adding Conversations to Reading and Everyday Moments
By: Erin Gohl and Kristen Thorson. Reading with children has a plethora of developmental benefits. Recent research suggests dialogic, or conversation-based, reading can even further broaden and deepen the benefits of the reading experience.