preK Archives - Brookes Publishing Co.
QuickTips: Promoting Critical Thinking Skills in Young Learners
For this post, I want to share a helpful infographic with some great tips on supporting the development of preschoolers’ thinking skills—the foundation of their future academic success. Read More
7 Key Features of Quality Inclusion
Adapted from The Preschool Inclusion Toolbox, these 7 features were pinpointed with early childhood programs in mind, but they also have wider application in K-12 classrooms. Read More
Your Child with Special Needs Started Preschool: Now What?
This guest blog post is by Nakeshia Wright, an inclusion specialist at the Frazer Center, an inclusive early education program in Atlanta, Georgia. Read More
6 Barriers to Inclusion (and How to Break Them Down!)
When you’re just starting out with inclusion, the first steps can be the toughest. Read More
Follow Their Lead: A Simple Way to Strengthen Student-Teacher Rapport
In this post, let’s talk about one of the most effective ways to reach and teach a child, especially a child with special needs: following his or her lead in the classroom or on the playground. Read More
10 FREE Social-Emotional Development Resources
We talk a lot about the importance of social-emotional development here at the Brookes Inclusion Lab—in 2016, we did a blog series on this vital topic, and we’re planning even more posts for this new year. Read More
20 stress-busters for young children
Little kids can have big worries, too. Help melt their stress away with these 20 practical tips for your early childhood classroom!
Progress monitoring and its applicability for use in RTI
Progress monitoring measures have come to the forefront of educational assessment with the emergence of RTI frameworks for identification of children with learning difficulties. Read More
Assessing your early childhood program’s literacy practices with ELLCO
For early childhood programs and schools serving students in Grades K–3, learn how to use the best-selling ELLCO to assess literacy practices and supports and improve the quality of your program. Read More
Sample PreK Floor Plan for Keeping All Kids Engaged
Adapted from Engagement of Every Child in the Preschool Classroom, this colorful sample floor plan lays out for preschool educators one option in using their space efficiently and effectively to maximize student learning. Sidebar annotations provide the research-based reasoning behind this proposed classroom set-up. Read More