“Terrible Twos.  Threenagers.  Fearsome Fours.”  Those last two were new terms to me, but they do accurately describe how young children behave as they learn to regulate their own emotions. MindShift shared five strategies for helping children understand and discuss …

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This week’s blog post was contributed by Linda Snead-Sanders, an assistant project director at Best Practices. New Assistant Teachers were introduced to the Pyramid Model of child guidance. The Pyramid Model provides the framework for the implementation of practices needed …

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This week’s blog post was contributed by Linda Snead-Sanders, an assistant project director at Best Practices. During the 2015-16 training session, new assistant teachers have been diving into to the Pre-K Teacher Toolbox.  They were given four Toolbox activities that …

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