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Big Ideas for Early Math

Children must be exposed to early mathematics opportunities to play around with and talk about big math ideas. Big Ideas are foundational to lifelong...

Revisiting Your Hiring Timeline: The Benefits of Early Hiring

This brief shares research on hiring timelines, benefits and barriers to early hiring, and recommendations and strategies for revising hiring...

Foundational Literacy for Families: Early Communication

Early language development involves children’s ability to both understand the input of language, words, and gestures, and express themselves in a...

Early Literacy Skills Continuum

Continuum of early literacy skills including: Oral language and vocabulary; Listening and reading comprehension; Drawing and writing; Phonological...

Foundational Literacy for Families: Early Writing

Writing through the early years is complex. Children must have plenty of opportunities to explore both the concept that they can control and create...

WIDA Can Do Descriptors for Early Years

When programs are creating locally created English proficiency assessments, they can use these Can Do Descriptors for Early Year's proficiency levels...

Early Literacy Instruction Strategies

Evidence based early literacy instructional strategies from preschool through grade two.

Digital Storytelling in Early Childhood: Student Illustrations Shaping Social Interactions

In this research article published in Frontiers in Psychology, read about O'Byrne, Houser, Stone, & White's (2018) instructional model designed to...

Meaningful Early Math Experiences- Measurement

Standards related to Measurement in Early Learning settings include ideas such time, length, and volume. Join Ryan Flessner, Professor of Teacher...

Meaningful Early Math Experiences- Geometry

Standards related to Geometry in Early Learning settings include ideas such as understanding spatial relationships and identifying and comparing...