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	<title>The Preschool Times &#187; Early Childhood Education</title>
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		<title>5 Simple Ways to Identify Quality Care in the Preschool:</title>
		<link>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2011/09/15/5-simple-ways-to-identify-quality-care-in-the-preschool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace Geller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the South we are completing our third week of school. The children are settling into a routine and the classes are beginning to flow smoothly.  By now the children are becoming comfortable with their schedule, and environment is becoming ripe with new activities. Although our classes are settling in, my director and I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Encouraging Creativity in the Preschooler:</title>
		<link>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2010/06/17/encouraging-creativity-in-the-preschooler/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace Geller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As parents and teachers, we want our children to be “creative.”  But what is creativity?  And how do we encourage it in ourselves and others?  Before we discuss creativity and enhancing creativity, let’s back up and examine a few creativity inhibitors. ]]></description>
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		<title>SMALL STEPS TO TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ:  #7</title>
		<link>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2010/06/03/small-steps-to-teach-your-child-to-read-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace Geller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guest Authors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early Childhood Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early Reading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preschool]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ideally, you will coordinate the language and vocabulary with what you present via technology.  The best part is that you, the parent, can and should always be with your child when either TV or the computer is “in charge” of your child’s attention.  Delayed recordings of children’s shows provide you with the ability to show selected parts of a show that your child would especially enjoy.  Attention spans are short, and viewing should be, as well.  There’s always another day and another time.  More is not better.]]></description>
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		<title>SMALL STEPS TO TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ:  #6</title>
		<link>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2010/05/27/small-steps-to-teach-your-child-to-read-6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2010/05/27/small-steps-to-teach-your-child-to-read-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 15:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace Geller</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Early Childhood Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early Reading]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preschooltimes.net/?p=295</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the years of opening the world to your child, there will be so many things that you can do to connect the books you read, to your child’s reality:]]></description>
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		<title>SMALL STEPS TO TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ  #3   </title>
		<link>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2010/04/28/small-steps-to-teach-your-child-to-read-3-%c2%a0/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2010/04/28/small-steps-to-teach-your-child-to-read-3-%c2%a0/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace Geller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guest Authors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early Childhood Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preschoolers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reading]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preschooltimes.net/?p=281</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Early Reading Continued: Your child is probably showing signs of knowing your routines, by now.  Routines translate as security to your little one.  You are providing a safe and loving world, which will expand as your child grows.   You are the model and the teacher…always. Use each part of your day as a teaching [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SMALL STEPS TO TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ: 	Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2010/04/14/small-steps-to-teach-your-child-to-read-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2010/04/14/small-steps-to-teach-your-child-to-read-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace Geller</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Early Childhood Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early Learning]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preschooltimes.net/?p=274</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Reading aloud with your child is the most important thing you can do to help your child read.  Be satisfied that you are taking steps toward independent reading each time you share a book aloud.  You are beginning at infancy and you will continue for many years.  Children who are older and can read independently still enjoy read-aloud time at home (and at school).  There is always a book to share, too.]]></description>
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		<title>SMALL STEPS TO TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ</title>
		<link>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2010/04/08/small-steps-to-teach-your-child-to-read/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2010/04/08/small-steps-to-teach-your-child-to-read/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace Geller</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Early Childhood Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preschool]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preschooltimes.net/?p=268</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is the first in a three part series by guest author Sharon Alm: You are overwhelmed from the moment your little bundle is put into your arms.  You feel great love and great responsibilities &#8212;the two greatest realizations a baby brings to your life. Both realizations are wonderful!  Both realizations are acted upon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Early Childhood Education is like a good fiction novel.</title>
		<link>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2009/09/10/early-childhood-education-is-like-a-good-fiction-novel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2009/09/10/early-childhood-education-is-like-a-good-fiction-novel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace Geller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Early Childhood Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[reading]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preschooltimes.net/?p=186</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At a family gathering in N.Y. last week, I was talking with some cousins I hadn’t seen in some time and the subject of reading came up. Predictably, the educated males preferred a non fiction genre, while the females preferred fiction. A discussion ensued about the pros and cons of each genre. The males found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What did you do in school today?</title>
		<link>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2009/08/27/what-did-you-do-in-school-today/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2009/08/27/what-did-you-do-in-school-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace Geller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Early Childhood Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Families Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preschool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[success in school]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preschooltimes.net/?p=182</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The first week of school is just about over and the questions have begun to roll in. Some families have stopped in my office and inquired about their child’s first days. They so want to know that their child is receiving the education they enrolled them in the school for but their child insists on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Community Building in the Preschool.</title>
		<link>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2009/08/06/community-building-in-the-preschool/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2009/08/06/community-building-in-the-preschool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace Geller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Early Childhood Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[society today]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preschooltimes.net/?p=175</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week as we got ready to end another Summer VPK program, it occurred to me just how similar the classroom microcosm is to general society. The summer VPK program is a unique situation for us. All of the students are relatively new to our program. Each hails from a different school or home setting. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Birthday wish…</title>
		<link>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2009/06/25/my-birthday-wish%e2%80%a6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2009/06/25/my-birthday-wish%e2%80%a6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace Geller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early Childhood Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Global Peace]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preschooltimes.net/?p=116</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I saw the most amazing picture last week. It was a photograph of a demonstration contesting the results of the Iranian election. There in the square stood over 100,000 people all with the same goal in mind; to turn their theocratically run government onto a different path.   I couldn’t help but think, “Yes that’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Support Intelligence…</title>
		<link>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2009/06/11/support-intelligence%e2%80%a6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace Geller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Early Childhood Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preschooltimes.net/?p=111</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[   There is a dangerous line that we often cross while raising our children. We succumb to the ideology that academically gifted is synonymous with intelligent. An academically gifted child performs in a previously prescribed manner. An intelligent child thinks about alternative outcomes; they reflect on the facts and extrapolate an answer.   For some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating your mission statement…</title>
		<link>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2009/05/26/creating-your-mission-statement%e2%80%a6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2009/05/26/creating-your-mission-statement%e2%80%a6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 15:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace Geller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Early Childhood Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mission statements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vision]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preschooltimes.net/?p=107</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  Last week we graduated a wonderfully competent group of youngsters and my commencement speech alluded to the school’s vision. Our school’s vision (aka ‘mission’), is “To provide quality education through innovative, exemplary methodology in a safe and nurturing environment, thereby enhancing our global community”.   The statement sums up what we wish to accomplish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children are puzzles…</title>
		<link>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2009/04/30/children-are-puzzles%e2%80%a6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace Geller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Early Childhood Education]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preschooltimes.net/?p=101</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  It is Parent/Teacher Conference time again at the preschool. Having already completed one round of conferences in the early fall, our parents are becoming seasoned at the “give and take” of reviewing Developmental Checklists and discussing their child’s progress through out the year.   What they don’t know is that as a director, this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ready to Learn</title>
		<link>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2009/03/19/ready-to-learn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2009/03/19/ready-to-learn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace Geller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Early Childhood Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college prep]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preschooltimes.net/?p=76</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In case you haven’t noticed I am an ardent advocate of quality Early Childhood programming. I am happy to report I am not alone. Apparently the College Boards Commission on Access, Admissions and Success in Higher Education agrees, and have issued the following statement: “The commission recognizes the strong body of research that demonstrates that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Up and Move or Why I love Preschool!</title>
		<link>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2009/03/12/get-up-and-move-or-why-i-love-preschool/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2009/03/12/get-up-and-move-or-why-i-love-preschool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace Geller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Early Childhood Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[school reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preschooltimes.net/?p=74</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  In a Developmentally Appropriate preschool setting children are frequently on the move! Young children have opportunities to move from center to center as well as physically express themselves on the playground and through music. We have often thought that this constant movement was just a symptom of immaturity, but the research on brain development [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alumni</title>
		<link>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2009/02/25/alumni/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preschooltimes.net/2009/02/25/alumni/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace Geller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Early Childhood Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Importance of good schools]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week has been a very busy one at the preschool. The front desk personnel have been taking in the paperwork for new fall enrollments and families are making the very difficult decision about whether or not preschool is important for their child during this difficult financial time. The newspapers have even made me question [...]]]></description>
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