{"id":2599,"date":"2019-04-18T10:21:42","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T14:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/?p=2599"},"modified":"2019-04-18T10:18:51","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T14:18:51","slug":"lets-talk-about-national-kindergarten-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/2019\/04\/lets-talk-about-national-kindergarten-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Talk About: National Kindergarten Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-APR-Lets-Talk-About_-Natl-Kindergarten-Day.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2602\" src=\"http:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-APR-Lets-Talk-About_-Natl-Kindergarten-Day-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-APR-Lets-Talk-About_-Natl-Kindergarten-Day-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-APR-Lets-Talk-About_-Natl-Kindergarten-Day-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-APR-Lets-Talk-About_-Natl-Kindergarten-Day.png 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>As I think about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nationaldaycalendar.com\/national-kindergarten-day-april-21\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Kindergarten Day<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coming up on April 21st, I am reminded that many educators have questions about exposing young students to digital tools. \u00a0For a long time, educators thought that the use of digital tools in Kindergarten should be limited for a number of reasons. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/literacyworldwide.org\/docs\/default-source\/where-we-stand\/ila-digital-resources-early-childhood-literacy-development.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> now tells us that the data doesn&#8217;t support that thinking. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Young students, particularly those with high instructional needs, derive more benefit from instruction that makes use of digital resources than traditional methods. Digital instructional resources are multimodal &#8211; they resonate with auditory, visual and many times tactile learning styles. This is most important for younger students as they may not yet have developed the ability to learn from traditional methods. \u00a0Using digital resources ensures that information is presented in a way that these youngsters can process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, to get the best results, you must choose the right digital instructional resources. \u00a0Even with the little ones, digital resources can be used to deliver content and\/or assess student mastery of goals. \u00a0Look for tools and resources that center around your instructional goals. Use a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nevershushed.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/09\/2016evaluatingappsandnewmediaforyoungchildrenarubric.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rubric<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to assess the digital tool while you take time to get familiar with it. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While choosing the right digital tools is important, using the right <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripleeframework.com\/instructional-strategies.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">instructional strategy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is of equal importance. Sometimes one strategy is used when introducing the resource, and a different strategy is used when the students are completing their activity. \u00a0A powerful strategy for younger students is co-use &#8211; using technology in pairs. This increases student engagement by making use of purposeful partnering, encouraging students to turn and talk and allowing for self-reflective monitoring. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can find a few great suggestions for Kindergarten student projects <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/static.wixie.com\/edu\/kindergarten.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Many different tools can be used to make them. \u00a0Need ideas for tools? Check out the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/content\/edge.cfm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TeachersFirst Edge<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u00a0Let us know what you decide to have your students create. \u00a0Post a comment here or tag us on Twitter. 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