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Tips for Pre Schoolers Educators to make learning Easy for Pre Schoolers. 1. Surround them with age appropriate reading materials, give them a variety of books they can chose from, let them decide which they want to read. Get colourful, bright, attractive and if possible rhythm books that sing for them to have options. 2. Play audio story and get them to listen and if possible read along with a hard copy story book. 3. Read to them and encourage them to try just after you have read to them. 4. Please make reading time a fun time, make gestures, mimic,move around and just add spice to it so they don't get bored. 5. You can reward them for a good read to encourage them to do more. Please don't make this a habit so they don't always look forward to the reward alone hence missing the point of getting them good at reading. 6. Encourage them to learn new words and let them know its easy to find new word when you read. 7. Involve parents and tell them to cont

 KEEPING  YOUR SKILLS  CURRENT   Technologies are constantly changing in industries and if you want to keep up to date with what’s happening you need to take the time to refresh and update your skills. If you don’t, you may miss out on a placement or job opportunity over someone who has more knowledge then you. If you have more abilities that could benefit the company, you are virtually indispensable for the company’s operations. The benefits of keeping your skills current You might think that keeping your skills current doesn’t matter in your job, or that it’s more important in other fields. In fact, you can benefit from staying up￾to-date no matter what kind of work you do. Learning new skills can be stimulating and motivating, and it can help keep your mind young. New methods of communication, changes in technology, and increasing global competition impact many types of jobs. In addition, strengthening your skills can help you do the following: • Build confidence. K

What It Means to Be a Great Teacher What does it mean to be a great teacher? Of course credentials, knowledge, critical thinking, and all other faculties of intelligence are important. However, a great teacher should be much more than credentials, experience and intelligence. What lies in the heart of a great teacher? You are kind: a great teacher shows kindness to students, colleagues, parents and those around her/him. My favourite saying is “kindness makes the world go around”. It truly changes the environment in the classroom and school. Being a kind teacher helps students feel welcomed, cared for and loved. You are compassionate: Teaching is a very humanistic profession, and compassion is the utmost feeling of understanding, and showing others you are concerned about them. A compassionate teacher models that characteristic to the students with her/his actions, and as a result students will be more open to understanding the world around them. You are empathetic: Empat