Sentences with phrase «teaches about child development»

This belief inspired the HGSE project that would become the pilot program, Podrska ne Perfekcija — which translates to «support, not perfection» — a 10 - week relationship - and strength - based workshop for parents in rural Serbia that teaches about child development and positive discipline strategies, and helps build a social support network.

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Early in development children are taught by example, if not by word of mouth, to conceal their real feelings about many things.

«Our raised bed garden is a key teaching tool for Baxter children who learn about plants and gardening from an early age,» said Juan Fernandez, Development Director at Baxter Community Center.

In the absence of the close communities and extended families that once taught people about swaddling and burping, and with research burgeoning about child development, we need information, along with really airtight diaper pails.

Erin is enthusiastic about child development and education, holding various teaching certifications from Pre-K through Middle School.

Jessica is passionate about teaching parents how to use music to enrich their children's lives and development through intentional musical activities that encourage connection and creativity.

Grantees implement programs which teach parents and early education providers about ways to strengthen families and build protective factors (such as parenting skills and resilience in times of stress; building social connections and a support network; and knowledge of child development) in an effort to prevent child abuse and neglect before it begins.

Fearless Feeding is a book about childhood nutrition that will calm and empower parents, provide step - by - step feeding guidance at every child development stage and teach parents the skills they need to get healthy meals on the table fast.

Taught by the media and radical feminists to be ashamed about their maternal, nurturing and intuitive side, mothers are too often afraid to follow and act on their intuition even though it tells them that a youth sports system which too often emphasizes winning and competition over fun and skill development, treats children as young as six as adults and cruelly and unfairly saddles so many as failures before they have even reached puberty because they weren't lucky enough to be «early bloomers» or have a January birthday, is not the kind of nurturing, caring and, above all, inclusive environment mothers believe their children need to grow into confident, competent, empathetic, emotionally and psychologically healthy adults.

Her thoughts and feelings naturally contribute to her behavior — so teaching your child about her thoughts, feelings and behavior is key to her development and self - awareness.

Since the toy is essentially multiple toys in one (which is a plus), it will teach your child about independent play and encourage development in different areas such as alphabets recognition, counting and coordination.

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Janine Bempechat studies and teaches about achievement motivation and social and moral development in children and young adults at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Likewise, senior leaders should be embedding regular opportunities for continuing professional development (CPD) across the whole school, giving teachers the skills and knowledge they need to teach today's children about the digital world appropriately and effectively.

Initially, Child - to - Child programs focused on teaching older children about child health and safety, nutrition, and early child development and encouraged them to share that knowledge with other chilChild - to - Child programs focused on teaching older children about child health and safety, nutrition, and early child development and encouraged them to share that knowledge with other chilChild programs focused on teaching older children about child health and safety, nutrition, and early child development and encouraged them to share that knowledge with other chilchild health and safety, nutrition, and early child development and encouraged them to share that knowledge with other chilchild development and encouraged them to share that knowledge with other children.

According to event organiser and Sports Development Manager at GLL Jonathan Dixon, the event «makes children think about the challenges of being disabled and teaches them about Paralympic sport».

Our plan is grounded in the following two premises: 1) When purposefully synchronized with one another across multiple forms of media («cross-media»), children's and adolescents» exposure to high quality youth - oriented social and ethical story content, i.e. stories of substance specifically about character development, compassion, and courage (CCC), is a powerful way to promote youth academic achievement and ethical values; 2) Especially if these stories, told and «read» across media, in their various genres (human interest, biography, history and historical fiction, civic engagement, coming of age, social change, spiritual awakening, moral issues, etc.), are «taught» by «educators» (broadly defined) using an «evidence - based» pedagogy that A) makes use of peer to peer, and adult facilitated group discussion and debate as a primary form of instruction, and B) takes advantage of access to the texts of the story that are made available cross-media (narratives, scripts, videos, etc.) to foster students» critical thinking and ethical reflection skills.

Some parents forget to teach their children respect and courtesy to others, to educate them about basic rights, universal freedoms and to nurture a friendly relationship development.

«I wanted to explore the relationships between core topics in education like the history of schooling, how it created the teaching and learning we see today, and how we can use what we know about child and adult development to improve our education system.»

Harvard Comes to Martin Technology Academy AccessNorthGa.com, December 9, 2012 «Harvard's [Professor] Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey, award - winning researchers and authors best known for their pioneering work in adult development, came to learn about MTA's innovative approach for teaching children.»

Over the last years, we have learned so much about how children learn and what they learn best at what stage of their development, and this has made the work of those teaching our youngest so much more demanding.

Following the release of its Teaching Sport to Children discussion paper, the Australian Sports Commission wants to hear from teachers about a range of issues, including professional development needs, and building links with parents and volunteers.

As reading skills are taught at younger ages, child - development experts increasingly worry about the new look and feel of classrooms for 4 -, 5 -, and 6 - year - old children.

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MORE ABOUT THE NORTHEAST FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN The Northeast Foundation for Children, a private, non-profit educational foundation, works to improve the quality of classroom teaching through its professional development programs, summer workshops, long - term collaborations, and teacher reCHILDREN The Northeast Foundation for Children, a private, non-profit educational foundation, works to improve the quality of classroom teaching through its professional development programs, summer workshops, long - term collaborations, and teacher reChildren, a private, non-profit educational foundation, works to improve the quality of classroom teaching through its professional development programs, summer workshops, long - term collaborations, and teacher resources.

The proposed standards conflict with compelling new research in cognitive science, neuroscience, child development, and early childhood education about how young children learn, what they need to learn, and how best to teach them in kindergarten and the early grades....

One wonders what sort of alternative universe the so - called education leaders live in these days — most whom only taught a year — if they taught at all, and who most likely never bothered to lower themselves to take one of those silly courses about child and adolescent development.

These include: · Use of instructional programs and curricula that support state and district standards and of high quality testing systems that accurately measure achievement of the standards through a variety of measurement techniques · Professional development to prepare all teachers to teach to the standards · Commitment to providing remedial help to children who need it and sufficient resources for schools to meet the standards · Better communication to school staff, students, parents and the community about the content, purposes and consequences of standards · Alignment of standards, assessment and curricula, coupled with appropriate incentives for students and schools that meet the standards In the unlikely event that all of these efforts, including a change in school leadership, fail over a 3 - year period to «turn the school around,» drastic action is required.

The SATs are not about teaching and learning, yet in too many schools the curriculum is distorted to serve the high stakes accountability system first and children's own development second.

In 2010, more than 500 people signed a statement stating that the «standards conflict with compelling new research in cognitive science, neuroscience, child development, and early childhood education about how young children learn, what they need to learn, and how best to teach them in kindergarten and the early grades.»

Preservice teachers were given opportunities to learn about children's development of mathematical understandings and student - centered teaching practices, such as questioning, classroom discussions, and use of mathematical representations and manipulatives to foster children's conceptual understanding.

Rebekah cares deeply about teaching and supporting children's development of knowledge, skills, and creativity.

In this interview with the Harvard Education Letter, Sharon Griffin discusses what cognitive science can teach us about aligning preK and early elementary curriculum and teaching methods with the natural development of children's mathematical thinking.

In addition to his classroom teaching and professional development career, Paul Giganti has published several children's picture books about mathematics.

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«If a child enjoys singing, ABC Music, an app designed to teach children about musical terms and instruments, might be of interest,» says Jennifer L. Miller, expert in early childhood development and faculty member of the Lewis College of Human Sciences at Illinois Institute.

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Regrettably trainee teachers are not currently taught about the impact of insecure attachment histories on children's learning, social skills and emotional development and Adoption UK is enthusiastically taking the opportunity to help plug this gap.

Early childhood education programs put a focus on the fundamentals of child development, teaching students how to help children learn about themselves and develop the essential skills they will need later in life.

Teaching children about values supports their social development.

In addition to teaching parents and children about the healthy expressions of emotions, the Weathering the Storms guide supports the following protective factors known to strengthen families and reduce the likelihood of child abuse and neglect: parental resilience, knowledge of parenting and child development, and social and emotional competence.

Home visitors teach parents about proper baby care, promote nurturing and effective parenting skills, and ensure parents have a solid understanding of healthy child development.

Home visits, usually once a week, and parent support groups teach families about child development and healthy parent - child relationships.

Our goal is to help early childhood educators connect the dots between what we know about child development, early learning, developmentally appropriate practice, teaching practices, children's media research, teacher education and professional development practices with what we are learning about the appropriate and intentional use of technology tools and digital media with young children.

Participants will learn skills and strategies for: 1) Teaching early childhood providers about brain development (architecture and neurobiology) to inform their practice 2) Supporting language, cognition, prosocial behavior, and social - emotional development 3) Reducing toxic stress that can negatively influence brain development of very young children.

In the area of child cognitive and language development, the meta - analysis study found that program characteristics most strongly associated with better outcomes were teaching parents what to expect about their child's development; responsiveness, sensitivity to cues, or nurturing; promotion of child's socio - emotional development; promotion of child's cognitive development; as well as opportunities to role play and practice skills.

Building bridges: Literacy development in young Indigenous children builds the bridge between what Indigenous parents and their communities see as important about what their young children know and are able to do, and the teaching and learning process currently followed in preschools.

About Teaching Strategies: Teaching Strategies provides the most innovative and effective curriculum, assessment, professional development, and family connection resources to programs serving children from birth through third grade.