Lessons Learned from Teaching English Language Learners             Learning English ain’t easy. It is not easy to teach, either. Think of all the parents in America who may not speak English as a first language. Can you imagine working on even the most basic homework with your child if English is not your first language? It can be overwhelming, ...

CREATING ART FROM WHAT CHILDREN KNOW AND EXPERIENCE It's a blazing hot day in Tucson, Arizona.  You sit down to dinner and even though it's still in the 90's, many of us in the Southwest crave a bite of ''Chile'' with our food.  From the oldest to the youngest, it's part of our culture.   In one of the preschool classrooms I have the great honor ...

Sunday, July 22, 2012 DANCING THROUGHOUT THE DAY Part 5:  Up and Down with Counting! -- A Movement Exploration Activity that Addresses Numbers and Counting GO DOWN TO THE FLOOR SLOWLY AS I COUNT TO 10!Hello EC Community, I hope you are enjoying the summer, even as you are thinking about and planning for the upcoming school year! As a way to ...

ENGINEERING GAMES for ADULT LEARNERS Happy July 4th to everyone from my home country of the U.S. and welcome to all of you from other parts of our beautiful world.  For those of you who are new, I'm Enrique, Musician and Producer,  Founder and Director of Early Education of the F.A.M.E. Foundation.  My blog today is a vlog, a video blog.  It's an ...

FOSTERING THE CREATIVE PROCESS with FLOWERS and CHOICES(El FOMENTO DEL PROCESO CREATIVO con FLORES y OPCIÓNES) This story tells itself with images.  Children from the Sunnyside Head Start program, which my F.A.M.E. Foundation works with, were introduced to flowers as you can see below.  Also, welcome to my many friends and colleagues from ...

Hello. My name is Lidia Barbosa. I am the author of Kinder Latino and Kid's Reading Activities.  It is an honor to be invited to collaborate with Pre-K and K Sharing. My first language was Spanish. I was born and raised here, in the United States.  Being a bilingual education teacher has been a very rewarding experience. I have taught 2nd grade, ...