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IDEA3Oh my crazy bloomin%u2019 daisy!If you%u2019re a teacher in an early childhood classroom you%u2019ve taken on a huge job! You%u2019ve studied and worked hard to build your skills. You spend every day in a room full of WAY energetic young children. The care and dedication that you put into your work sets children up for success all throughout their lives!Hmmmmm. No wonder you%u2019re so tired every night.At the Dekko Foundation, we want to help. We want to help you experience even more workday rewards. And we want to help children thrive! That%u2019s why we%u2019ve prepared this list of seven simple things that you can do to make your classroom an even better place for children to learn.Please understand that we didn%u2019t make these things up. Our seven ideas are based on child development principles. These are unchanging truths that the people who have studied children%u2019s growth and development have come to understand over time. We%u2019ve organized our thoughts so that you can scan the seven ideas and leave it at that. But if you want more, we%u2019ve included the research behind the ideas and some thoughts on how you can put them to work in your classroom.If you find that you want even more than that, (YAY!) we%u2019ll be delighted to help you with mentoring, classroom supplies%u2026 you name it!We want to invest in you. You plant the seeds for learning inside every child you teach. You nurture the development of precious little sprouts every day. In our book, that makes you pretty bloomin%u2019 special!