iTeach Principles

About iTeach Principles

The six iTeach principles guide early childhood educators in planning, designing, and facilitating appropriate and meaningful learning experiences for children.

Authentic Learning through Quality Interactions

Quality interactions involve teachers and children being actively engaged in sustained and shared conversations.

Children as Constructors of Knowledge

Children constantly build on their prior experiences and interactions to gain new understanding of themselves and the world around them.

Engaging Children in Learning through Purposeful Play

Creating purposeful play experiences to enhance children’s learning.

Holistic Development

Holistic development involves nurturing all aspects of a child, including other important aspects like executive functioning and sensory and motor development.

Integrated Approach to Teaching and Learning

Creating meaningful connections between children’s different learning experiences and to the real world for effective learning 

Teachers as Facilitators of Learning

Facilitating, extending and enriching children’s learning.