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2024 Holiday Gift Guide for Toddlers & Kids Under 10

The holiday season is filled with fun, but finding the best and most meaningful gift for all of the little ones in your life can...

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The Impact of Natural Elements on Early Learning Spaces: A Global Perspective

The Impact of Natural Elements on Early Learning Spaces: A Global Perspective

Join EdWeb.net’s Webinar on Monday, May 21, from 3-4pm EST as our very own President, Gary Bilezikian, takes us on a global tour of Early Childhood Education...

Notch Blocks: Engaging Children in a Fully Integrated Block Building Experience

Notch Blocks: Engaging Children in a Fully Integrated Block Building Experience

By: Cindy Gennarelli M.Ed., Director, Early Childhood Education Innovation, William Paterson University Wooden block building materials are a fundamental and natural manipulative used by children...

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5 Benefits of Dress-Up and Pretend Play

Experts say that pretend play is a natural way for growing children to learn and develop and that parents should encourage this type of imaginative expression. Whether...

How to Make Outdoor Play Possible All Year Long

How to Make Outdoor Play Possible All Year Long

It is so important that children get outside to play. When children step outdoors their senses activate and they experience the world in a heightened...

What is play?

What is play?

What is play exactly? Why do we play? Why do children play? Why do animals play? When you see dogs playfully roughhousing or dolphins joyously...

Outdoor Preschool During a Pandemic: Creating an Urban Forest School

Outdoor Preschool During a Pandemic: Creating an Urban Forest School

So there we were last spring: in the middle of a global pandemic. School, childcare, everything, shutdown! Then all summer we wondered: Yes, school? No,...