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Primary School
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The proper concern of a primary school is not education in a narrow sense, and still less preparation for later life, but the present lives of the children.
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― The Lives of Children: The Story of the First Street School
― The Lives of Children: The Story of the First Street School
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I learnt that in teaching young children the concept of number, you should start with the concrete, then move to the pictorial, before finally representing numbers in the abstract. I learnt that children should be encouraged to articulate their processes, and feed back to each other on whether they are right or wrong, and why. And I learnt that this is so children understand number concepts, not just procedures, because (though not only because) the PSLE tests understanding, not just memorisatio
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― Cleverlands: The secrets behind the success of the world's education superpowers
― Cleverlands: The secrets behind the success of the world's education superpowers
A group for primary school teachers/educators. Share recommendations and reviews of books for us…more
165 members,
last active 8 years ago
Focusing on Children’s Literature and discussing how it can be used in a Primary School.
4 members,
last active 7 years ago
This group was created with the intention of connecting with other primary/ preschool teachers ❤…more
18 members,
last active 2 years ago
I'm always looking for good books to share with my kids at story time, and books to interest my …more
13 members,
last active 8 years ago
