Early Childcare Education

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(Website) Play is at the heart of the active learning curriculum. Children engage in active learning when they construct knowledge through interactions with materials, people, events, and ideas. Nurturing adults help children explore, make decisions, and get excited about learning.

(Website) The North American Reggio Emilia Alliance exists to connect early childhood educators and advocates together in discovering, interpreting, and promoting Reggio Emilia inspired education.

(Video) This is a slideshow of the Reggio Emilia Approach to Early Childhood Education

(Website) The Reggio Emilia Approach is an educational philosophy based on the image of the child, and of human beings, as possessing strong potentials for development and as a subject of rights who learns and grows in the relationships with others.

(Website) A Montessori environment focusses more on a student's learning than on a teacher's teaching. Specially trained Montessori teachers guide, coach and facilitate each child's learning through continuous observation and assessment.

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(PDF File) An effective teacher chooses a strategy to fit a particular situation. Consider what the children already know, what they can do, and the learning goals for the specific situation. From the National association for the Education of Young Children.

(PDF File) infants and toddlers are active learners from birth. They are intrinsically motivated to explore the world around them, investigating and engaging with the objects and people in their environment and gathering knowledge in the process.

(Video) Learning in the first three years is significant in part because skills, understandings and dispositions acquired lay the foundation for success in school and in life. Of course, supporting learning is not only about investing in the future but also about contributing to the quality of children’s lives in the present.

(PDF File) Children need both instruction from their teachers and activities in which they learn through exploration, experimentation, and discovery. These approaches work best in different situations and for different kinds of learning.

(Video) Doug Goodkin is an internationally recognized teacher of Orff Schulwerk, a dynamic approach to music education. He is currently in his 38th year at The San Francisco School, teaching children between three years old and eighth grade.

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(PDF File) TV, DVDs, computers, video games and other electronic media are a powerful force in children’s lives. Many children spend more time in front of a screen than in school. Shows, advertisements, toys and other products linked to the media deeply influence children’s development, learning and behavior from an early age.

(PDF File) Choosing toys and activities that are suitable for infants and toddlers can challenge even the most experienced teacher. By being mindful of the basic principles of child development and the role of play, teachers can intentionally select toys to meet young children’s unique needs and interests, supporting learning