{"id":92255,"date":"2024-07-11T10:47:04","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T14:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=92255"},"modified":"2024-07-11T10:51:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T14:51:01","slug":"tips-for-teachers-for-lower-el-preschool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2024\/07\/11\/tips-for-teachers-for-lower-el-preschool\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for teachers for lower el \/ preschool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edutopia.org\/article\/tranquil-transitions-preschool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Effective Transitions for Preschool Students<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from edutopia.org by Connie Morris<br \/>\n<em>Teachers can use fun activities to help young learners ease into daily classroom routines.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">We can help students deal with change by using transitions between activities as an opportunity to strengthen their\u00a0executive functioning, resilience, and independence. Executive functioning development grows\u00a0cognitive flexibility,\u00a0working memory, and\u00a0self-control. These are skills that require guidance and practice, as they do not come naturally.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">By using positive language, modeling and\u00a0co-regulation, we encourage children to be actively involved in planning and making choices. These important life-long skills also increase their social emotional well-being. Our support and intervention can be adjusted based on a child\u2019s skill set and progress.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edutopia.org\/article\/emotion-self-regulation-preschool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tips for Promoting Calm in Preschool<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from edutopia.org by\u00a0Sasha Michaud<br \/>\n<em>These strategies help students regulate their emotions, both individually and as a group<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here are some strategies for helping groups regain their focus during transitions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Whisper: \u201cIf you can hear my voice, put your fingers on your nose,\u201d and then wait to see how many children hear and join. Repeat with another body part, sometimes quieter or slightly louder to gain interest.<\/li>\n<li>Ask: \u201dI\u2019m thinking of an animal (or food, plant, teacher, child, etc.),\u201d and then give three clues. The children listen closely and wait for three fingers to go up (one with each clue) and then guess. You could have them practice wiggling their fingers, or raising their hands to guess.<\/li>\n<li>Sing: \u201cI\u2019ll put my tippy tappy fingers on myyyy\u2026 forehead!\u201c As you sing this body parts song, tap your fingers along different body parts and sing, sort of like another common children\u2019s song, but do random body parts to engage the children as well as ground them in their bodies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These games have saved me from getting overwhelmed countless times.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edutopia.org\/article\/using-ai-generated-images-teach-vocabulary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Using AI to Support Vocabulary Lessons<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from edutopia.org by\u00a0Monica Burns<br \/>\n<em>Seeing AI-generated images of the words they\u2019re learning can help boost elementary students\u2019 engagement.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">You can use a chatbot like\u00a0Gemini\u00a0or\u00a0ChatGPT\u00a0to gather a list of ideas for an upcoming lesson, but let\u2019s take a look at how you can use generative AI tools to create images that help bring vocabulary to life. It\u2019s a topic I\u2019ve covered on my blog and podcast, and I recently had the chance to work with elementary educators in New York to put these ideas into action in their classrooms.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edutopia.org\/article\/using-ai-generated-images-teach-vocabulary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/wpvip.edutopia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/hero_blog_ChatGPT-and-Generative-AI_ELA_photo_iStock_622974218-crop.jpg?w=2880&amp;quality=85\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Effective Transitions for Preschool Students &#8212; from edutopia.org by Connie Morris Teachers can use fun activities to help young learners ease into daily classroom routines. We can help students deal with change by using transitions between activities as an opportunity to strengthen their\u00a0executive functioning, resilience, and independence. Executive functioning development grows\u00a0cognitive flexibility,\u00a0working memory, and\u00a0self-control. 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