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Child care experts agree that children appreciate a wider variety of food when they participate in preparation.

Organizing tools and materials ahead of time helps children to make choices by being able to see items at glance. If objects are disorganized to begin with, children are inclined to paw through the materials making an even greater mess.

Children with strong social-emotional skills are more interested in all types of learning, form healthier relationships with others, persist longer at difficult tasks, and can better control their emotions.

Many early childhood teachers aren't eager or prepared to teach STEM subjects, even though children may be eager to learn them.

Young children learn through play! As your students interact with one another, they're learning to solve problems while developing the skills they'll needed to grow and learn.

The use of larger vertical surfaces such as chalkboards, marker boards, and smart boards allows children to use bigger arm movements that encourage strength and flexibility throughout the joints and muscles of the upper extremities.

Research shows that 85% of brain development occurs before age three, and growth is particularly affected by the quality of children's home and educational learning environments.

Perhaps the most striking finding about play comes from research with animals in which play-specifically, rough and tumble play-has been shown to promote early brain development.

Hands-on activities empower children to be problem solvers, equipped with the tools to cope with the inevitable challenges and idiosyncrasies of life.

It's so exciting for children to master the building blocks of prereading, and so thrilling for adults to witness, that sometimes we don't realize there are supports missing from the foundation.