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Strong teacher-student relationships are crucial to development.

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- Acknowledge what children do or say (positive attention)
- Encourage patience and effort
- Provide feedback
- Demonstrate the correct way to do something/give directions or assistance
- Create challenges so the children go further than what they already can do
- Ask questions to provoke thought
- Provide information and knowledge

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                                                                                                   DAP: Developmentally Appropriate Practice

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                                                                                                   DAP: Developmentally Appropriate Practice

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DAP focuses on the individual by assisting each child in their strengths and engaging them as members of the classroom and community across all content areas. 

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DAP focuses on the individual by assisting each child in their strengths and engaging them as members of the classroom and community across all content areas. 

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Here is a link to a video further explaining Developmentally Appropriate Practice:

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NAEYC defines DAP as methods that promote each child's optimal development and learning through a strength based, play based approach to joyful, engaged learning.

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NAEYC defines DAP as methods that promote each child's optimal development and learning through a strength based, play based approach to joyful, engaged learning.

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NAEYC stands for The National Association for the Education of Young Children, and it is a large nonprofit organization in the United States that represents early childhood education. They work to promote high-quality education for all young children.

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DAP standards focus on children's growth by grade level. Grade level standards are not broad enough to contain the growth rate of children. Standards for early childhood education should be grouped by months to prevent children from being left behind.