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to build a learning community within each class and playroom and across the curriculum |
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to enhance children's memory skills |
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to energize children and help them focus attention on activities and lessons |
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to tap into a child's multiple intelligences, using his or her strengths for learning |
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to facilitate transitions (starting and ending activities or curriculum units) |
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to enrich and reinforce curriculum concepts and skills |
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to nourish creativity and higher-level thinking |
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to increase teaching options using this very rich resource |
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to enrich children's language skills |
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to introduce and reinforce social skills
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