In this blog, Dr. Laura Bailet — Kaplan's Chief Academic Officer — provides educators with encouraging guidance and strategies for creating preschool classroom communities this upcoming school year, however it may look.
Learn how to recruit and retain students to increase participation in your after school program with this article from Kaplan Early Learning Company.
Learn tips for how you can improve your instructional strategy for elementary math with this article from Kaplan Early Learning Company.
Promote early literacy in your classroom or at home with an engaging storytime. When reading is interactive, children are able to participate in the learning, gain communication skills, and expand their vocabulary. Here are 16 easy ways to make reading more engaging.
Technology plays an important role in our everyday life, and can be a great aid in education. Use technology in your classroom for activities such as teaching children about letters, numbers and animals. Technology in the classroom can also encourage creativity and help children develop digital literacy early on.
Here are five ways to teach citizenship in the elementary school classroom: 1. Encourage children to read books about citizenship 2. Give children the opportunity to free write or draw 3. Discuss how different book characters display good citizenship 4. Make citizenship carnations 5. Encourage children to grow into good citizens
Give infants a head start on their math skills using these simple phrases. Each phrase relates to a different math concept such as counting, shapes, measurement, and patterns which will teach your infants the basics.
Here are six classroom ideas for preschoolers: 1. Take art outside, 2. Make math fun with outdoor learning, 3. Engage in outdoor sensory play 4. Explore science concepts outside. 5. Encourage outdoor literacy learning 6. Enjoy dramatic play outside.
