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Orange Early Childhood Center

397 Park Avenue, Orange, NJ 07050

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      Does your Block area promote 21st century skills? - A check list for teachers:

      http://http://www.naeyc.org/tyc/article/block-center-checklist#.VucVMrhUDXM.email

       

      Block Play Development:

      Stages of Block Play

       

      Children's stories that support block play:

      Must have books for your Block Area

       

      Block Play article:

      Rigorous Block Play

       

      Block Play lesson plan ideas:

      http://backtoblocks.com/creative-lesson-plans-using-building-blocks

       

      25 block play ideas:

      http://http://fun-a-day.com/wooden-block-activities-for-preschoolers/

       

      Early STEM learning - Building Structures:

      http://http://www.k12.wa.us/EarlyLearning/pubdocs/Unit2BuildingStructuresandExploringShapes.pdf

       

       

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