Language Modeling and Conversations: Novel Words
Discover ideas and activities for introducing new or novel words into everyday conversations with children. Learn how to engage them in rich conversations.
Discover ideas and activities for introducing new or novel words into everyday conversations with children. Learn how to engage them in rich conversations.
Learn how to create classroom environments where children feel safe to explore, experiment, and express thoughts and ideas. Explore three key strategies to foster children’s thinking.
“Scaffolding” means to provide children with just the right level of support to help them successfully complete a task. This webinar shares three main scaffolding strategies.
Use the scientific method’s five steps to help expand children’s understanding of their environment.
Daily schedules and routines help keep you organized. Research shows they also influence children’s social and emotional development. Learn how to develop your classroom schedules and routines in ways that will help you create and sustain a lively but well-organized classroom.
The AIAN Teacher Webinar Series features in-service suites that can help teachers and home visitors better understand and identify effective teaching practices.
Read this guide that includes a worksheet designed for Early Head Start and Head Start teams. It helps ensure that their screening process provides the best possible results for all children, including dual language learners (DLLs).
These 15-minute In-service Suites are a professional development resource for staff in busy, active early childhood centers and programs. They are organized around one topic or big idea and address effective teaching and assessment practices.
Conversations help children develop varied vocabularies. Find out how to use everyday talks with children to help them learn more vocabulary words.
This in-service suite explores guidelines on how to select classroom materials. Learn how to choose materials that engage children and encourage peer interaction and learning.