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As an early childhood teacher, your personal qualities and skills influence how children understand, perceive and react to your classroom environment.

These five research findings show that play versus academics is a false dichotomy.

What is a shadow? Denise Nelson and her class of preschoolers in Worcester, MA tried to answer that question over the course of a three-week exploration - both indoors and out.

Whether children are faced with a physical, verbal, emotional, or cognitive challenge, trying something new in front of a group can be an arduous task for children to face.

With the New Year comes a new beginning - and it's a great time to regroup and refocus on your professional goals.

Using games as a way to teach rhyming is always a great idea. Kids love playing games, and games easily incorporate all kinds of learning.

How children feel about themselves, their self-worth, is one of our greatest responsibilities and one of our biggest challenges.

Language allows us to learn, build relationships and succeed. Children begin to communicate from birth and gradually learn the rules that make up language.

Children have been moving in sneakers for physical activity for so long we seem to have forgotten that feet do have sentient qualities.

What is going on in the brain as infants and toddlers grow? Here are three things to know about brain development that can be helpful when interacting with children.