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Teach older preschoolers to build their own stories: Nine research-based tips
Interactive reading is and remains by far the most important language-stimulating activity in kindergarten. However, older toddlers do not only have to listen to stories, but can also learn to build stories themselves. You will undoubtedly …
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Communication card with pictos
A card with icons of feelings and some daily activities.
Student and teacher can communicate with each other by pointing to the images.
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Turn your Talking Pictures activity into a MORE-language moment: Preschool-wise
In the Taalrijk Kansrijk project, several teacher trainers from PXL-education, together with nursery school teachers and parents, developed narrative discussion boards on broad topics that can relate to various classroom themes. Mik and Ömer …
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A warm teacher-child relationship as the basis for a powerful language learning environment: Preschool-wise
With her bachelor's internship in sight, student Marie Claes focused intensively for two weeks on setting up a language program based on the results of the KOALA screening in her internship class.
She started from the following research question: "How …
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The orchestra: Digital lesson folder
Are you looking for information about classical music and the symphonic orchestra?
This lesson folder developed by the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra collects useful information and inspiring assignments to immediately use in the classroom.
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Reading in textless picture books, how is that possible?: Preschool-based
It may seem a bit contradictory, but textless picture books are very valuable for children's language development. Because they offer space for different interpretations, feelings and thoughts, they invite children to discover for themselves. …
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Phonemic awareness: Sound samples
Working on phonemic awareness and mastery of sounds is a crucial aspect of language development. Foreign language newcomers have to work with it from the start.
To provide sufficient tools for imprinting our sounds, an image and a gesture were linked …
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Waste sorting and rhyming: Teaching outside
On this Padlet you will find the following ideas for an outdoor lesson activity about waste:
- sorting out garbage;
- filling a man with waste;
- rhymes.
This learning resource was added by students who participated in the Whizzkids competition for …
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The power of working together with all parents on the language development of their children: Kindergarten
How can we support parents to enter into rich linguistic interactions with their children, in the home language, in order to promote their child's school language skills?
Read in this article by Kleutergewijs how a Brussels school and Ligo Brusseleer …
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Water piano, rhyming words and purifying water: Teaching outside
On this Padlet you will find the following ideas for an outdoor lesson activity on the theme of water:
- make a water piano;
- invent rhyming words;
- purify water.
This learning resource was added by students who participated in the Whiz Kids Contest for …
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How to stimulate a toddler's role play with a game script
Young children develop through play. Through play they learn to know and understand the world around them. They learn by discovery, practice and imitation. But what do you do if the game doesn't get going enough?
In this article with video from …
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Koala keys as a team enhancer, that's possible: Kindergarten
In Flanders, children will take a koala test in the third kindergarten from the 2021-2022 school year. The aim of the koala test is to determine any language delay so that these children can receive extra language support or intensive guidance. …
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