Great for building math skills and fine motor skills. Patterns can be found on my site at childcareland.com under the video section.
Duration : 0:2:49

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Despite not starting formal education until seven, by age eleven, Swedish and Finnish children approach the top of Europe’s literacy league tables. Finnish children spend fewer hours in school than any other in Europe, yet their children’s achievements in numeracy and literacy are the the envy even of Sweden.
Talking of envy, don’t you wish you [...]

This Vid shows my oldest using one of the 32 software programs that we got for him from http://www.laureatelearning.com/parents/. This software is specifically designed for autistic children as well as other kids with learning differences It really emphasis Visual learning . We are using this software to augment thier Pre-k homeschool Cirriculum and they really [...]

In the USA and UK, almost all parents buy into the idea that infants should learn to read & write as soon as possible. Indeed, many parents measure the intelligence & potential of their children by their ability to read and write at an early age. Some even try to give their babies a head [...]

Direct Instruction pre-K to 1 language lesson using the Language for Learning oral language development program from SRA/McGraw-Hill. Language for Learning helps students develop the vocabulary and behavioral skills needed for continued success.
Duration : 0:2:5

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A fundraising campaign for an inner city early childhood education program in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Duration : 0:6:52

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A CDI pre-kindergarten class of four and five year olds begin their day with activities that ground them an a wide array of skills. They practice reading, counting, spelling their own and classmates’ names, day/date/season awareness, participating in circle time, taking turns, raising their hands to speak, focusing on their teachers. These are key skills [...]

A look at how pre k education or early child development contributes to the growth of a positive human being.
Imran Siddiqui Voice of America
Duration : 0:7:50

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Listen to the founder of Right Brain Education, Pamela Hickein, explain how it can help activate — or re-activate — the lesser-recognized right hemisphere, and why it can be so vital to achieve whole-brain integration.
Developed by Pamela in a Montessori environment, Right Brain Education is a gentle but powerful method of activating both left [...]

At the Push for Quality Pre-School Education Forum at the Center for American Progress today, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) highlighted the need for quality early childhood education and presented her Ready to Learn Act, which helps states create and strengthen current voluntary pre-kindergarten education programs. Senator Clinton was joined by Senator Robert P. Casey [...]