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Teach older preschoolers to build their own stories: Nine research-based tips
Interactive reading is and remains by far the most important language-stimulating activity in kindergarten. However, older toddlers do not only have to listen to stories, but can also learn to build stories themselves. You will undoubtedly …
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Turn your Talking Pictures activity into a MORE-language moment: Preschool-wise
In the Taalrijk Kansrijk project, several teacher trainers from PXL-education, together with nursery school teachers and parents, developed narrative discussion boards on broad topics that can relate to various classroom themes. Mik and Ömer …
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A warm teacher-child relationship as the basis for a powerful language learning environment: Preschool-wise
With her bachelor's internship in sight, student Marie Claes focused intensively for two weeks on setting up a language program based on the results of the KOALA screening in her internship class.
She started from the following research question: "How …
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Reading in textless picture books, how is that possible?: Preschool-based
It may seem a bit contradictory, but textless picture books are very valuable for children's language development. Because they offer space for different interpretations, feelings and thoughts, they invite children to discover for themselves. …
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The power of working together with all parents on the language development of their children: Kindergarten
How can we support parents to enter into rich linguistic interactions with their children, in the home language, in order to promote their child's school language skills?
Read in this article by Kleutergewijs how a Brussels school and Ligo Brusseleer …
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Koala keys as a team enhancer, that's possible: Kindergarten
In Flanders, children will take a koala test in the third kindergarten from the 2021-2022 school year. The aim of the koala test is to determine any language delay so that these children can receive extra language support or intensive guidance. …
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Read and let read: Work more efficiently on reading comprehension
Read and let read is a web page with cards and videos that can help teachers to work on reading comprehension in an effective way. The cards bundle concrete tools, tips and tricks on reading comprehension for teachers in primary education. …
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Reading Policy: It's up to students
As a school, develop a strong reading policy and a motivating reading environment…
It is a tough challenge, which involves a lot: from a wide range of books to nice reading places, from a strong reading didactics to good monitoring. But don't …Translated by
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Homemade clay: Recipe teacher Bianca
A recipe from Miss Bianca to make homemade clay or soft play dough. Due to the simplicity of this recipe, you can regularly replace the clay, which in turn makes it more hygienic to use. You can also always adapt the clay to the theme, with other …
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My village, our city: Kindergarten
This article invites you to discuss their own village or city in detail with the toddlers. How would your preschoolers describe their town or city? If they could each select five images, which would they choose? Will they be photos of the …
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Content and Language Integrated Learning in Kindergarten: Kleutergewijs
Hello children, good morning, good morning! Today, we are traveling to … We are traveling to… And in that other country, we are going to speak English. We're going to speak English.
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A suitcase full of rich texts: Kindergarten
How can you stimulate reading and listening comprehension and language and thinking skills in preschoolers? For example, get started with rich texts. You can read more in this article from the Kindergarten blog.
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