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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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Teach your child to program with Scratch! -Roadbear Studios
Programming for children, a hot topic. Many parents would like their child to take some sort of programming course. Programming classes for children are springing up like mushrooms.
The first studies into whether all programming lessons …
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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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More music in the classroom with artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence as your own teaching assistant, helping to improve classroom dynamics and enrich the learning experience. In this blog we discuss some AI tools that can help you create songs for your students.
Music can improve the atmosphere …
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Goudvis: Compelling television portraits of top Belgian artists
For Goudvis, VRT followed a number of top Belgian artists for a year, on stage, in their studios, during rehearsals, behind the scenes... But their private lives are also shown. There are 19 episodes available, from 19 different artists. Visual …
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Four Halloween activities for Google
Eric Curts shares some fun Halloween IT assignments that can be accomplished with the help of Google. He also shares the templates to get you started.
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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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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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Code Week ambassadors Nicky and Evelien ready for challenging assignment: Interview
The citizens' initiative EU Code Week promotes numerous activities around programming and digital skills. Dozens of organizations in our country participate to make coding accessible to young people in a fun, attractive way. However, the EU Code …
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Best Book Teacher 2023: Magazine
CANON Cultuurcel produces a magazine with the stories of the nominees, full of teaching tips, reading tips, interviews, inspiration and tips for an effective reading policy at school. The magazine is a comprehensive reference work for …
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Bring Greek myths to life with AI!
In this article you will read about a teaching approach that introduces students to three myths: the myth about Scylla and Charybdis and two about King Midas, with his donkey ears or his trademark golden touch . They discover the characters and are …
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Introductory games for French, English, Spanish or German tutors
For language lessons, it is advisable to get acquainted informally for half an hour through a game before the substantive start. That immediately broke the ice. In this article you will find, in addition to the Dutch version of the …
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