{"id":5614,"date":"2018-03-19T13:16:35","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T17:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.little-sponges.com\/?page_id=5614"},"modified":"2018-06-08T08:10:23","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T12:10:23","slug":"teaching-methodology-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.little-sponges.com\/index.php\/teaching-methodology-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Methodology"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5614\" class=\"elementor elementor-5614 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b789b01 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b789b01\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d3daca2\" data-id=\"d3daca2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ba0bf3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ba0bf3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6fb7f09\" data-id=\"6fb7f09\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-207f3cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"207f3cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Little Sponges\u00ae multilingual curriculum provides the instructional framework for developing children\u2019s comprehension, oral, and literacy skills in multiple languages using our standards-based Watch, Learn, Play\u00ae methodology. \u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our <\/span><b><i>Watch, Learn, Play\u00a9 <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0methodology derives from our belief that the acquisition of bilingualism for young children should be playful, creative and accessible to different types of learners. That\u2019s why our culturally responsive curriculum is packed with scaffolded supports that utilize visual, audio, sensory, graphic, and interactive elements. \u00a0These supports are aligned with the <\/span><b><i>Universal Design by Learning <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">framework <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(by <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David H. Rose, Ed.D. of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Center for Applied Special Technology), <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which provides young bilingual children with multiple means of engagement, representation, action, and expression when acquiring a second language. We adhere to these principles by allowing children a plethora of opportunities to practice sequentially or flexibly\u00a0on their quest to advance their second language communication skills.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watch, listen, sing, and read along to our video learning adventures <\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practice multilingual comprehension using our games, vocabulary cards, and puppets <\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Develop oral communication skills through dialoguing with the teacher, peers, or puppets<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Build literacy skills via our interactive alphabet, literacy games, and vocabulary cards.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Develop writing skills using our interactive games and writing worksheets.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bdca2dc\" data-id=\"bdca2dc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cfa357 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0cfa357\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1286\" height=\"1342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.little-sponges.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-08-at-11.45.49-AM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5395\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.little-sponges.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-08-at-11.45.49-AM.png 1286w, https:\/\/www.little-sponges.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-08-at-11.45.49-AM-300x313.png 300w, https:\/\/www.little-sponges.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-08-at-11.45.49-AM-768x801.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1286px) 100vw, 1286px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-add8464 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"add8464\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Watch, Learn, Play methodology<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00ae <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0visually represents our methodology as an instructional circle. This methodology works best for our customers who are using our curriculum as the instructional toolkit for teaching multilingual children. However, it is important to note that our curriculum has been proven effective even when implemented flexibly as a supplemental resource in conjunction with an existing dual language curriculum.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, how does it work? Learn more about our <\/span><b><i>Watch, Learn, Play\u00a9 <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">methodology by clicking the button below!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d59d2d4 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d59d2d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xl\" href=\"https:\/\/www.little-sponges.com\/index.php\/lessonplanningguide\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn More<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Little Sponges\u00ae multilingual curriculum provides the instructional framework for developing children\u2019s comprehension, oral, and literacy skills in multiple languages using our standards-based Watch, Learn, Play\u00ae methodology. \u00a0 Our Watch, Learn, Play\u00a9 \u00a0methodology derives from our belief that the acquisition of bilingualism for young children should be playful, creative and accessible to different types of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5614","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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