For the past five years, I’ve been sharing some of my favorite books along with the perfect gifts to go with them. It really is one of my favorite recipes for gifts for children: 1 great book + 1 fun toy = sure-fire winner with loads of use!
Communicating the Importance of Early Childhood Education to Parents
It’s easy to feel like early childhood educators have enough on their plates as they educate young children. It’s a big job, with little downtime in the daily schedule, and no hazard pay (though there are plenty of hazards…especially during flu season…)
If There Was Just One Thing…
If you could measure the quality of an early childhood setting by only one factor, what would it be?
But I’ve Told Him A Million Times: Why A Child’s Defiant Behavior Isn’t Always What You Think It Is
I have my finger in many technology-laden pots. But technology is NOT my jam. This site where you’re reading this, the Facebook page where you likely found it, the podcast you may have listened to, the resources you may have used — these all require SOME degree of technical acumen. And it is honestly the hardest part of the work I do.
School Readiness AND Developmentally Appropriate Practice? How to Get on the Same Page with Parents.
When I do workshops and trainings with teachers, I often hear several variations of the same question.
“But what about at home?”
Process Over Product — It’s not just about art.
“Process over product”. We hear that phrase frequently in early childhood, most often referring to the perspective that the process of participating in the creative process is more important to a child’s development than the craft-factory product we may be tempted to focus on.
A Patchwork Philosophy
Preschool Reading Instruction and Developmentally Appropriate Practice. Can You Have Both?
What does “teaching reading” look like in a developmentally appropriate early childhood classroom?
Why Telling Kids What NOT to Do Tends to Backfire
One of my favorite stories from my parents’ early experiences as a young married couple at law school ends with my mom opening her front door to find a friendly neighbor standing there next to my sister (a young preschooler at the time), who had stripped down to her nothings and was covered in mud.
My sister was elated.
Language for Literacy – The Importance of Building Vocabulary in Preschool
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