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What a Teacher Should Be Able to Do |
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What a Teacher Should Be Able to Do - Set-up an environment that motivates children to participate.
- Design activities that stimulate children to think, solve problems and make choices.
- Encourage children to use language by listening and responding to their communications.
- Promote children’s physical development.
- Help children feel successful.
- Assess and measure children’s achievement.
  
What a Teacher Needs to Know - Stages of development, with special emphasis on spiritual, cognitive, language, physical, social, and emotional development
- Recognize individual differences in learning
- Be familiar with how young children learn
- Ways to present materials and activities so children will want to get involved
- How the family (role, values, beliefs) influences the child’s development
- Communication techniques
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