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Building Cooperative & Problem Solving Skills


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New Activity for Preschool Arithmetic



Building Cooperative & Problem Solving Skills

A new school year is just beginning. Teachers and students are in the process of acclimating to a new classroom community which means learning about the group of new people. One way that can help the class come together as a community is to create a classroom directory. The directory is a class-made book that the children create in collaboration with each other.


A project like this allows children to see the positives in each other and how each of them has something to contribute. Before working on the directory, the teacher should prompt discussions about how their strengths can be used to help friends within the class community.


To create the classroom directory, each child identifies one skill that they are willing to help their classmates with.


  • The teacher holds a class discussion about a person's strengths and how it contributes to the welfare of the community. In this case, the class community.
  • They draw a picture of this skill on a sheet of paper.
  • The teacher then collects the papers and binds them together to make the classroom directory.


This activity not only helps bring attention to children’s strengths and individuality but also demonstrates how the classroom community respects everyone by having each child offer a special service to the group. Once created, the teacher can point to the children should they ever need help with a specific skill. A process like this helps to confirm a child’s value and worth.

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Help Make Our Job Board Nationwide

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The ChildCareED Job Board is expanding nationwide. Take a look at the wide variety of child care positions advertised. There are openings for teachers, aides, admin and more. Our home state is Maryland - and that is where most of the openings are listed at the current time. The best part is that the majority of the Job Board viewers are trained or in the process training.


Help grow our open position listings - add your vacancies. Go to the Job Board page and click on the Blue Post a Job button. If you are having difficulty please call the office for help at 833.2TEACH1 (883.283.2241).

Also… a new feature has been added, Search By Zip Code. It is a green button on the right side of the screen.

New Activity for Preschool Arithmetic

One of the best ways to teach the concepts of addition and subtraction are with hands-on activities. Our latest reel on Facebook is an awesome kinesthetic activity. There is writing of numbers, cutting "hair" made out of stickies, making silly faces, and a chance to use lots of colors!

Check Out This Awesome Math Activity!
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