Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading ECN Radio Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Exchange ideas, discuss issues impacting early childhood education and network with other teachers. Visit the Sharing Boards today! Approaches to Learning   Show-and-Tell How To By Rebecca McMahon Giles and Karyn Wellhousen Tunks From a young age, children are encouraged to show a friend their new toy or tell a parent about their day at preschool. These informal interactions foster oral language by building vocabulary as well as self-expression. For years, early childhood teachers have implemented show-and-tell as a natural extension of these early language experiences. It is an activity that can be socially rewarding and academically advantageous for young children while also solidifying the home-school connection. Read Article Why Art is Important in Education By Connie Bergstein Dow There is no question that education in the U.S. is in need of some serious revamping. As stated in the 2007 report of a comprehensive study of the American workforce, “Whereas for most of the 20th century the U.S. could take pride in having the best-educated workforce in the world, that is no longer true.” (NCEE, 2007) Read Article A Newborn Workout? Experts Say ''Yes!'' By Gay Girolami, PT, MS, FAACPDM Several years ago, at an international pediatric physical therapy conference, I asked a question that had been on my mind: had anyone else noticed a steep increase in the number of babies needing therapy for early motor delays? The answer was a resounding yes. Colleagues and I agreed that not only had we seen more babies coming for evaluations who weren’t reaching their milestones on time, but that many of the conditions we observed – flat head (plagiocephaly), tilted neck (positional torticollis) and non-specific delays (baby wasn’t eating well, wasn’t lifting head or pushing up on arms by three months) could be directly attributed to the way the child was positioned when awake. Read Article

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