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Online Preschool: Panacea for Inequality or Placebo for Guilt?

July 16, 2019 by notjustcute Filed Under: Child Development & DAP, Learning through Play and Experience, Uncategorized 1 Comment

Tapping the matching letters.  Swiping rhyming words together.

This isn’t preschool. [Read more…]

Data doesn’t make the decision.

May 28, 2019 by notjustcute Filed Under: Child Development & DAP, Uncategorized Leave a Comment

Data doesn’t make the decisions for you.

That was one of the big takeaways from my conversation with Emily Oster, researcher, author, and mother.  As an economist at Brown University, Emily explores the science of making good decisions based on the data.  In her newest book, Cribsheet, she explores how to apply that science to the decisions that face us as parents.

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The Paradox of Sitting Still in Preschool

March 27, 2019 by notjustcute Filed Under: Child Development & DAP, Learning through Play and Experience, Music and Movement, Uncategorized 4 Comments

Sometimes, when people picture what learning looks like, they imagine perfectly quiet children in perfectly arranged rows, sitting perfectly still.

Sounds perfect.

But research tells us that’s not always what learning looks like.  Especially when it comes to young children.

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Advanced Content Coverage at Kindergarten: What Can We Really Learn from this Controversial New Study?

February 27, 2019 by notjustcute Filed Under: Building Readers, Child Development & DAP, Learning through Play and Experience, Uncategorized 3 Comments

The debate over the roles of play and academics in kindergarten is not new.  While my first response to this tired argument is always that it is a false dichotomy, a more specific challenge has recently entered the arena and therefore deserves a more specific response.

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Can the Wrong Metrics Kill Learning?

January 23, 2019 by notjustcute Filed Under: Child Development & DAP, Uncategorized 5 Comments

This year didn’t quite start out the way I had hoped.  BUT, I did manage to cross off a goal millions of people set at the beginning of the year, and after only a few weeks in.

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Kids Deserve More than an Internet Connection

December 17, 2018 by notjustcute Filed Under: Child Development & DAP, Learning through Play and Experience, Uncategorized Leave a Comment

The headlines have actually been coming for years, but a new round has been catching everyone’s attention the past few weeks.

“Old-fashioned toys, not video games, best for kids, pediatricians say.”
“So-called ‘educational’ toys rarely really are.”
“Old-fashioned toys better for development than high-tech gadgets, study finds.”
“The best toys are those that support play, new report says.”

Just in time for the biggest gift-giving season of the year, the American Academy of Pediatrics released toy guidelines that suggest that high-tech trends are promoting toys for children that are over-stimulating, ineffective when it comes to development, and in some cases, actually lead to skill delays.

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5 Lessons Mr. Rogers Taught Me About Being a Grown-Up

October 24, 2018 by notjustcute Filed Under: Child Development & DAP, Uncategorized 1 Comment

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Is Child Development Spiritually Empty?

April 18, 2018 by notjustcute Filed Under: Child Development & DAP, Uncategorized 5 Comments

In her book, “The Soul of Education”, Rachael Kessler wrote: [Read more…]

The Positive Parenting Workbook

March 10, 2018 by notjustcute Filed Under: Positive Guidance and Social Skills, Uncategorized 1 Comment

 

When Rebecca Eanes had her second son, her oldest had just passed his second birthday.  As is the case in many families, when the new stranger arrived on the scene, wrapped in blankets and capturing the attention and admiration of all of his favorite people, Rebecca’s firstborn began to act out.

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Seeing the Best in Children…Even in Challenges

March 8, 2018 by notjustcute Filed Under: Child Development & DAP, Positive Guidance and Social Skills, Uncategorized 1 Comment

 

Sometimes the very thing that we find most challenging about a child can become their greatest strength.  Or, as my friend Dayna would say, their “superpower”.

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