Sometimes, we should look at how other fields handle complicated situations and consider how that could help us in early childhood education. Challenging behavior is complicated, so maybe we need to do what Cindy and Alison discuss during this episode!

What is the difference between a skill deficit and a performance deficit? How can that impact my teaching? Join Cindy and Alison for a discussion about working with early learners, their skill deficits, and their performance deficits.

For people to believe they can learn and do new things, they need confidence. Cindy and Alison discuss strategies we can use to help children build the confidence needed to add to their knowledge, skills, and abilities. Are you doing all you can do?
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Common words and phrases can have cultural implications or can be taken in ways we don't intend. Join Alison and Cindy for a discussion about being careful when we speak and get some food for thought about what we say.
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With all good intentions, we often fail to be honest with children about what it takes to learn something new. Positivity can be toxic and we need to prevent children from feeling like hard things should have been easier. Join Cindy and Alison for a conversation about encouraging children while being honest with them.

Are we so focused on what children have and have not mastered that our communication about children's efforts are minimal at best? Cindy and Alison discuss ways to report effort to families during this year's meetings and parent-teacher conferences.

Do you struggle with how to help all of the children in your class? All children benefit from inclusive classrooms where general education and special education students and the teachers are together. Cindy and Alison ask why at 3 years old, those bridges are broken for both children and their teachers. Join us for ideas about how to create bridges that are needed by all.

The foundation for later decoding of words and reading may be different than you think and different from how you were taught. Join Cindy and Alison for this discussion about how to support young children's phonological awareness. Check our Patreon for the resource referred to in the episode: https://patreon.com/HowPreschoolTeachersDoIt

In this special 200th episode of "How Preschool Teachers Do It," Cindy and Alison share the best and worst advice they received for their work with young children.

Respecting and validating children's emotions should take place consistently, even when holiday or family traditions are the cause for big feelings. Cindy and Alison spend this episode talking about how to handle it when a child does not want to participate in what they decide is a scary tradition.