I have worked in a range of preschool throughout my career, with a variety of early childhood learning philosophies. Some embraced the concept of a Kindergarten readiness assessment or ‘test’, while others simply despised the idea. In my experience, there is not necessarily a lot of value to a testing system, however it is executed. [...]
While for some of us it might feel like the distant past, there was a time when we all had to rely on paper maps in order to figure out how to get from A to B. GPS and smart phones may have largely removed the need to own maps, but that doesn’t mean learning [...]
Christmas is coming – and that means parents all over the country will have their children home for the holidays. This means a lot of opportunities for fun activities, but with all the money you spend on gifts and food, we don’t necessarily have a lot left to allocate. This is why I’ve reached out [...]
Every parent is familiar with the tyranny of a long distance drive with young children. The boredom causes their poor little attention spans to shrivel up to nothing and erupt in a cloud of complaints and pleas for some kind of distraction. Before long, the familiar refrain of “are we there yet?” starts erupting, raising [...]
As a 35-year veteran preschool teacher, I’ve worked through many theories about what makes for an effective setup of a learning environment. Today’s children have a wider exposure to technology and spend more time indoors. This influences their style of learning. We need to set up our areas considering the holistic child and individual children’s [...]