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21) #Famous
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When Rachel's picture of crush Kyle goes viral, it sparks a whirlwind adventure of Internet fame that forces both Rachel and Kyle to question whether fame and love are worth the price.
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Influenced and educated by her parents, Frankenstein’s author, Mary Shelley, grew up in a world of radical artists and writers. Her immortal novel explores various themes of early-19th-century Romanticism. This clip looks at Mary Shelley’s background and major influences on her thinking and writing, giving students of English literature a broader understanding of the nature and significance of this notable work.
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In this video clip, an 11 month old rotates, probes, and rubs a white shell. Let’s try and figure out what he might be thinking. By reading his actions as high level thinking we reveal the incredible intelligence manifest during the first year of life, intelligence that is sadly often reduced to phrases like “hand-eye coordination” or “using the five senses.” Watch this video and decide if you agree that Truman is actually comparing these...
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This video clip depicts one year olds using child-sized brooms, showing that it may be useful for them to confront non-trivial problems by using the big brooms and to be successful. Perhaps the very fact that these are grown-up brooms explains why the children love to use them and why they persist.
29) Evan Shows Jose
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In this video clip, four-year-old Evan shows Jose, a new child, his favorite parts of the playground. In the first segment Evan speaks and gestures to Jose, showing him how to put his foot next to the bottom of the wall. Next, Evan demonstrates to Jose, who stands holding onto a vertical pole, how to use the pole as a pivot for walking round and round. Jose tries this on another pole but bumps into horizontal bars that stop him from going all the...
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This video clip captures two four-year-old friends explaining strategies for writing their names to one another. These children have been in class together since infancy. It is clear that they are very comfortable and trust each other, enough to open themselves up to debate and to receive/offer feedback.
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In this video clip, four-year-old Dusk and his friends are interested in building a track for their racecars. As a provocation, some of the chairs are lined up in the classroom. The children see this line of chairs as a good location for their track. Dusk decides to extend the line of chairs and recruits his friends to help. Listen as he repeats the words “more, more, more!” Watch how Marty responds and how the boys get to work, spurred on by...
32) Differentiation
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This video explores what differentiation is and gives three differentiating strategies to use in the classroom.
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When children play outdoors, they are doing more than developing their gross motor skills and self-confidence. They are also experimenting with the physics of their bodies on swings, seesaws, and jungle gyms. This video clip shows a four year old at the playground as he experiments with a board that tilts, depending on which side holds more of his weight. Brayden’s behavior reveals his theories about playground physics; these theories are based...
34) Tricycle Tour
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In this video clip, three-year-old Ella enjoys helping her younger friend Grace, have a ride on a tricycle. In her leadership role, Ella is challenged to guide the tricycle with a seated passenger. Notice that Ella is able to maneuver the tricycle more easily by pushing it backward.
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This video clip shows a 10-month-old infant soothing herself when frustrated, focusing her attention in spite of distraction, and organizing her behavior into an effective sequence, thereby exemplifying an area of development called “self-regulation.” Although her attention is temporarily directed elsewhere, she leaves some mental space for the game so that she can pick up where she leaves off. Having these two levels of attention supports the...
38) Stacking Tires
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This video clip follows a five-year-old as she exhibits Executive Function by devising and executing a plan to achieve her goal – building stacks made of heavy automobile tires.
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In this video clip, six four-year-old boys meet to rebuild a block structure that was photographed the day before. At two points in this video clip they go to the photograph for guidance. They do not have enough long blocks to finish the roof. At the teacher’s suggestion they look at the photographs and discover that the long blocks were used as the floor and a white tray served as the roof. Michael returns to the block structure to annex it with...