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10/22/2012 The Characteristics of Intentional, Mature, Make-Believe Play: How Play Influences Development
Dr. Deborah J. Leong, Metropolitan State University of Denver
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Dr. Leong described the characteristics of the kind of play that helps children learn social-emotional skills, cognitive skills, and self-regulation, from the Vygotskian perspective. She discussed the leading developmental play activity for preschool and kindergarten, and how teachers can support it.
Q&A for The Characteristics of Intentional, Mature, Make-Believe Play: How Play Influences Development [PDF, 234KB]
9/24/2012 Promoting Language and Literacy: Building Bridges from Classroom to Home
Dr. Kevin Cole, Washington Research Institute
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Dr. Kevin Cole gave an overview of some of the simple strategies parents can use at home to foster their child's language acquisition and reading skills. He briefly covered the research behind these strategies and then described exactly how parents and classroom staff can use books and play to enhance language learning, bridging the gap between home and school.
Q&A for Promoting Language and Literacy: Building Bridges from Classroom to Home [PDF, 279KB]
8/27/2012 Science for Preschoolers? Yes and No
Professor Rochel Gelman, Rutgers-New Brunswick University
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Professor Rochel Gelman delivered evidence supporting the idea that it is possible to develop learning opportunities for young "scientists-in-waiting," who are members of all cultural, socio-economic, and linguistic groups. The vast majority of these children enjoy learning about the what, the how, and the language of science.
Q&A for Science for Preschoolers? Yes and No [PDF, 233KB]
7/23/2012 Caregiver Interventions to Enrich Early Language Environments for Children in Poverty
Dr. Dana Suskind, University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital
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Dr. Suskind and her colleague, Kristin Leffel, discussed the development of the Thirty Million Words Project. This parent-directed behavioral intervention was designed to address disparities in the early language environments of low-income children. The project involved typically developing children below the age of three and combined an educational curriculum of video and animation with a "quantitative linguistic feedback" strategy utilizing LENA technology. The presenters also presented early results from families on Chicago's South Side involved in the Thirty Million Words Project.
Q&A for Caregiver Interventions to Enrich Early Language Environments for Children in Poverty [PDF, 234KB]
6/25/2012 Assessment and Progress Monitoring in Early Childhood
Dr. Scott McConnell, University of Minnesota
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In this presentation, Dr. Scott McConnell described ways that programs and classroom staff can monitor individual children and classrooms or programs to ensure that children are making adequate progress toward school readiness. He also presented the benefits and liabilities of two different types of approaches to monitoring progress: observational curriculum approaches and direct general outcomes approaches.
Q&A for Assessment and Progress Monitoring in Early Childhood [PDF, 489KB]
5/21/2012 Teaching New Words: Embedding Vocabulary Instruction in Storybooks
Dr. Elizabeth Spencer and Dr. Howard Goldstein, Ohio State University
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Dr. Elizabeth Spencer and Dr. Howard Goldstein provided recommendations to guide practitioners in the selection of useful and teachable vocabulary targets. They presented a framework for the design of explicit instruction and provided suggestions for differentiating instruction for individual children.
Q&A for Embedding Vocabulary Instruction in Storybooks [PDF, 934KB]
4/23/2012 Foundations for Social, Emotional and Academic Competence: Poverty and the Development of Effortful Control.
Dr. Liliana Lengua, University of Washington
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Dr. Liliana Lengua presented information on effortful control, a core aspect of self-regulation, which has been shown to predict academic, social, and emotional success in both typical and at-risk children.
Q&A for Poverty and the Development of Effortful Control [PDF, 721KB]
3/26/2012 - The Power of Partnerships: How to Create Meaningful Connections with Parents
Dr. Susan Sheridan, University of Nebraska
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Dr. Susan Sheridan presented information on establishing effective partnerships with parents to support young children's learning and development.
Q&A for How to Create Meaningful Connections with Parents [PDF, 380KB]
2/27/2012 - Promoting Creativity in Early Childhood Classrooms
Dr. Nancy Hertzog, University of Washington
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Dr. Nancy Hertzog presented an overview of nurturing and promoting creativity through intentional classroom design and engagement.
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