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Participating in social studies in authentic, integrated ways will foster the engaged citizens we need for a democratic society. Opening this cluster, Anna Falkner and Noreen Naseem Rodríguez outline a framework for social studies in “Toward an Equity-Centered Approach to Early Childhood Social Studies.”. They demonstrate its principles ...
Social studies. In kindergarten, children learn how their family and their class are part of the school and local community. Teachers offer lots of opportunities for children to share their opinions, listen to others, resolve disagreements, and learn about their languages and cultures.
Toward An Equity-Centered Approach to Early Childhood Social Studies. In this article, we follow Ms. Mena’s kindergartners’ lead to imagine an approach to early childhood social studies that makes space and time for inquiry into compelling social studies questions. Rocking and Rolling.
Her teaching and research interests focus on early literacy development and instruction. block1m@cmich.edu. The following article shares three principles for teachers of grades 1–3 who wish to attempt or refine an interdisciplinary approach uniting informational text instruction with social studies content.
A sense of place = A sense of belonging. A developing sense of place is linked to a sense of belonging. A sense of belonging contributes to children’s overall social and emotional development and is an essential aspect of school readiness (Epstein 2009). Keep in mind that space is different from place.
Kindergarten can be a challenging new environment for both children and adults. Focus on Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Equitable and Joyful Learning in Kindergarten gives practical guidelines for teachers and administrators to ensure that kindergarten is just that—joyful, engaging, and most important, high-quality for all children.
Each of us has a background in teaching and studying social studies and/or literacy. We draw on our experiences as former early grades teachers, teacher educators, researchers, and our work as members of an interdisciplinary literacy and social studies kindergarten curriculum writing team for Great First Eight (GF8).
Exploring the Election in My Community of Learners. I integrated an exploration of the national election in my pre-K class during the 2020 election season. At that time, I created and implemented a social studies unit with children focused on exploring identity, celebrating diversity, recognizing injustice, and taking social action like voting ...
This includes across the domains of physical, social, emotional, linguistic, and cognitive development and across the subject or content areas, including language, literacy, mathematics, social studies, science, art, music, physical education, and health. Educators are thoroughly familiar with state early learning standards or other mandates.
Playful learning leverages the power of active (minds-on), engaging (not distracting), meaningful, socially interactive, and iterative thinking and learning (Zosh et al. 2018) in powerful ways that lead to increased learning. Free play lets children explore and express themselves—to be the captains of their own ship.