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The Preschool Language Blender
Karen NemethBy Karen Nemeth, Ed.M. I recently visited a childcare center that had five preschool classrooms. There were children who spoke eight different languages and adults who spoke only three of those languages. The director had...
Meeting the Early Learning Needs of ALL Children – Not Just the Ones Who Show Up
Karen NemethBy Karen Nemeth, Ed.M. If you are reading this, you must be interested in early childhood education. Now, here’s the question at the core of this post: “Have you given any thought to the children...
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...
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