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5 tips to help preschoolers with special needs during the pandemic

  • Written by Michele L. Stites, Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageParents say there has been a lack of academic and social learning opportunities for children during the pandemic. SDI Productions/E+ via Getty Images

Four months in reading. Five months in math. That’s how far children are behind where they should be for their grade level, according to a 2021 report that says the COVID-19 pandemic – and...

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