High Quality Preschool – Outside School Walls
Karen NemethBy Karen Nemeth, Ed.M. My last blog, “Meeting the Early Learning Needs of ALL Children – Not Just the Ones Who Show Up”, generated some important questions from readers, and I promised some answers. How...
Home Visiting Can Bolster High Quality Preschool Efforts
Karen NemethBy Karen Nemeth I blogged about my concern that high quality preschool is failing to reach some of the neediest children who can’t make it to a program every day. My main emphasis is always...
Bringing Education to the Homes of Young Children – Blog Part 4
Karen NemethBy Karen Nemeth Ed.M. In 2010 I attended a leadership symposium presented by the Pew Center on the States. John Schlitt, director of the new Pew Home Visiting Campaign, hosted informative presentations and fielded important...
Message for Parents of DLLs: Success in English Starts with Supporting the Home Language!
Karen NemethTime after time teachers ask, “we believe in supporting the home language, but what should we do when parents ask us NOT to use anything other than English?” Parents who speak another language often enroll...
Ways Teachers Can Learn Children’s Home Languages
Karen Nemeth10. Make a list of 10-20 survival words like eat, nap, bathroom, hurt, help, stop, and ‘mommy will be here soon’. Print on a card and send home with a mini-recorder so parents can write...
Must-Have Multicultural Items to Place on Your Order List
Karen Nemeth10. Books in all the languages you expect to encounter – at least 10 books per language. • 9. Digital camera and supplies for making books/games/magnets/posters that connect with real world experience and can be...
Teaching English Language Learners in Preschool
Karen NemethRead Karen’s guest blog for new preschool teachers on the Excellence in Early Childhood Education blog:
http://preschoolprofessional.blogspot.com/2009/12/teaching-english-language-learners-in.html
Helping Young Children Who Speak Different Languages Become Friends
Karen NemethRead Karen’s guest blog at My Child Feels:
Ideas for Sending DLLs Off for Holiday Break
Karen Nemeth10. Amidst all the holiday hubbub, don’t forget to prepare children that the holidays mean time off from school – but it’s only temporary. 9. Work with the children to practice reading and writing a...
Ideas for Celebrating Diverse Holidays
Karen Nemeth10. Ask parents for suggestions about what they celebrate at home and what’s important for them. Don’t assume. 9. Go online to download news pictures of celebrations in other countries to post throughout the classroom....
Tricks to Help Linguistically Diverse Children Be Friends
Karen Nemeth10. Narrate play to help both newcomers and English speakers understand what the other is doing. 9. Be a language learning role model-show you aren’t afraid to give it a try. 8. Remind everyone to...
Making Math Happen in Linguistically Diverse Classrooms
Karen NemethPreschool teachers may feel flooded with different demands. Meeting the needs of ELLs is challenging so Math can get overlooked. Here are tips for making Math easy and effective for ELLs – every single day. Most important...