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How Can You Make Addition Practice More Engaging Without Losing the Learning Goal?
09/23/2026When addition practice feels repetitive, children may focus on finishing rather than understanding. A playful, purposeful approach can preserve the learning goal while increasing attention, confidence, and meaningful mathematical talk; the Early Mathematics Through Play course offers broader strateg... How Can You Make Addition Practice More Engaging Without Losing the Learning Goal?
How Can Child Care Programs Turn the Buddy System into a Consistent Water-Safety Habit?
09/23/2026Water safety becomes stronger when children know exactly what to do and adults reinforce the same routine every time. Pair the practical Swim With a Buddy: Water Safety Matching Activity with Everyday Safety: Creating Healthy Environments to turn a simple matching lesson into repeatable habits, safe... How Can Child Care Programs Turn the Buddy System into a Consistent Water-Safety Habit?
How Can Open-Ended Summer Art Encourage Planning and Creativity?
09/23/2026What if a summer art invitation could help children plan, experiment, and express original ideas without requiring identical results? Open-ended experiences give providers practical ways to strengthen creativity, language, fine-motor development, and problem solving; Beautiful Junk: Using Recycled M... How Can Open-Ended Summer Art Encourage Planning and Creativity?
How Can Short, Focused Practice Build Subtraction Fluency Within 10?
09/23/2026When young children understand subtraction but hesitate to recall facts, brief, purposeful practice can strengthen fluency without turning math into a drill-heavy experience. Pairing playful instruction with a resource such as Early Mathematics Through Play can help providers connect subtraction to ... How Can Short, Focused Practice Build Subtraction Fluency Within 10?
How Can Child Care Providers Teach Children to Recognize Safe and Unsafe Summer Choices?
09/23/2026Summer invites children to explore water, sunshine, playgrounds, and new environments—but young children need concrete practice to recognize safer choices. Pair the printable Summer Safety Choices activity with Injury Prevention: Their Safety Is In Your Hands to reinforce classroom instruction... How Can Child Care Providers Teach Children to Recognize Safe and Unsafe Summer Choices?
How Can Camping Themes Expand Preschool Vocabulary?
09/23/2026Camping turns ordinary classroom materials into invitations for rich conversation, storytelling, and discovery. Pair a purposeful theme with Assessment of Language and Literacy Skills to strengthen observation, documentation, and individualized language goals while children explore meaningful new wo... How Can Camping Themes Expand Preschool Vocabulary?
How Do Memory and Matching Games Support Visual Discrimination?
09/23/2026When children turn over cards, compare pictures, and search for pairs, they are doing far more than playing—they are practicing how to notice, remember, and interpret visual information. Explore Play, Learn, Grow Online Version to strengthen your understanding of developmentally appropriate pl... How Do Memory and Matching Games Support Visual Discrimination?
How Can Child Care Providers Help Children Set Simple Goals and Share Their Interests?
09/23/2026When children name something they hope to do and invite others into that excitement, they are practicing agency, communication, persistence, and belonging. Use the Supporting Social Learning: Creating Classrooms that Care course to strengthen the relationship-based strategies behind these moments an... How Can Child Care Providers Help Children Set Simple Goals and Share Their Interests?
How Can You Combine Counting and Coloring Without Turning Art into Busywork?
09/23/2026When a coloring page becomes a conversation about quantity, representation, and choice, art can support meaningful mathematics instead of becoming busywork. The Math Foundations in Early Childhood course can help providers strengthen these connections through hands-on, play-based strategies while ea... How Can You Combine Counting and Coloring Without Turning Art into Busywork?
How Can Child Care Providers Introduce Hypotheses, Observations, and Conclusions to Children?
09/23/2026Young children already investigate the world by noticing, wondering, testing, and revising their ideas. You can make those natural habits more visible with simple language, playful investigations, and the Building Early Science Foundations course, which helps providers strengthen developmentally app... How Can Child Care Providers Introduce Hypotheses, Observations, and Conclusions to Children?
