Physical play develops motor skills in children. Children must go through several developmental steps to learn how to coordinate their movements into efficient running, throwing and catching. This why children need to be engaged in structured physical play. #EKU/CDF406
Play and learning go hand-in-hand. They are not separate activities. They are intertwined. Think about them as a science lecture with a lab. Play is the child's lab. #EKU/CDF406
Play allows a child to learn the skills of negotiation, problem solving, sharing and working with groups. Children practice decision-making skills, move at their own pace and discover their own interests during play. #EKU/CDF406
Children require multiple exposures to words in order to develop a rich understanding of their meaning and use. Teachers should make a point of introducing interesting new words for children to learn into each classroom activity. #EKU/CDF406
Early literacy includes both spoken components and written forms of language. Children develop literacy skills through their everyday interactions with their caregivers. These include singing, rhyming, and reading books together. #EKU/CDF406
In order to build genuine STEM education into a community, there have to be stronger connections between home, school, other learning settings and identification of high-quality media sites. #EKU/CDF406
The project approach to early childhood education is just one example of an instructional approach used to teach children rather than teaching to a curriculum. It uses children's interests as a worthwhile catalysts for skill and concept development. #EKU/CDF406
As an early childhood professional, I recognize that each human exchange has the potential to further children's social competence, so as a teacher in a DAP classroom, I would structure the day so children can explore, practice and learn new social skills. #EKU/CDF406
The social domain incorporates four dimensions of children's development and education: social, socialization, social responsibility and social studies. #EKU/CDF406