Tag: teaching strategies
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What Does “Intentional Teaching” Actually Mean?
A question I still hear educators get wrong — and it matters more than you think. Walk into almost any early childhood setting and ask an educator what intentional teaching looks like. Chances are, they’ll describe a lesson. A planned activity or an explicit instruction moment. Children sit at the table and follow the teacher’s…
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The power of imaginative play
Have you ever sat and watched children playing, wondering how they can shift from one scenario to another so quickly, and yet somehow keep it all together? From the outside, it can look random or even chaotic, but inside their world, there is an order and meaning that makes perfect sense to them. Vygotsky theory…
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Nature based teaching strategies
🌿 What If the Forest Was Your Classroom? 🌿 Imagine if the best teaching strategy wasn’t in a book… but beneath your feet, rustling in the leaves, buzzing in the air, and whispered by a curious child asking “Why do worms wiggle?” At Storykate, I believe learning comes alive when we slow down, listen deeply,…
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Why do we need intentional teaching in early childhood education and care?
Do you know how Storykate is a big fan of socio-cultural theory by Lev Vygotsky? I’ll give you an example of why I believe that scaffolding and teaching cultural tools are important in my philosophy as well. I like Vygotsky not because he was a Soviet psychologist but because he provided us with his framework…