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Publication Date: 2005
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Best Practices: Setting Up Shop
Bafumo, Mary Ellen
Teaching Pre K-8, v36 n3 p10, 12 Nov-Dec 2005
Early childhood is a time of discovery when learning occurs at every turn. The task that early childhood teachers face is how to teach a class full of students who fall at each end of the learning spectrum (and every place in between). This article describes an easy and effective way to address widely diverse needs among young learners--to empower those without basic skills and enhance learning for others. This can be accomplished by creating a shop in the classroom and using the materials in this shop to augment the teaching of basic skills and information. Using materials that are familiar and motivating creates success rather than failure, and gets children off to a good start.
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Teaching Methods, Student Diversity, Basic Skills, Discovery Learning, Young Children, Relevance (Education), Beginning Reading, Number Concepts
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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