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Category Archives: Early Childhood Education
Early Childhood Education Resources
Welcome! Parents, caregivers and early childhood educators have a wealth of resources available to them online, but it can be overwhelming to sort through and find what is well researched and actually helpful. As part of a class for my … Continue reading
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Tagged everyday, Northern Virginia, preschool, resources
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Learning Through Play: A Flow Chart
Sometimes I’m asked how “just playing” can POSSIBLY lead to learning. Especially “real” things like reading or math. Well, allow me to show you. As a class we read “I Want to Be In A Scary Story” by Sean Taylor. … Continue reading
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Tagged books, learning through play, Literacy, pre-reading, pre-writing, reading
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“The Revolution Will Not Be Won Without Childcare”
Hot Brown Honey said it best, for things to really move forward…we need childcare. We need it affordable and accessible so people can go to work, and we need it at conferences and professional development opportunities so that one more … Continue reading
Posted in Early Childhood Education, Museum Education, Uncategorized
Tagged AAM, Affordable childcare, childcare, conferences
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The Purple Bucket
I’m working on some research on how trauma effects children. It is easy to get caught up in the “big” traumas. Abuse, neglect, separation from family. In our adult eyes those are the ones that matter, while things like a … Continue reading
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Tagged everyday, learning through play, Parents, teachable moments, tough topics, trauma
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Promoting Gun Safety: Sharing Knowledge of Child Development to Support Informed Decisions
Published in “Young Children” a journal of the National Association for the Education of Young Children As I stir vegetables in a hot pan, I see my 2-year-old daughter about to pull on the handle of the cabinet under the … Continue reading
But We Can’t Read!
I had such a cool teaching moment today. I work with 3 and 4 year olds. All I want to do is make them love books and feel like reading is something that will open doors for them. If I … Continue reading
Posted in Early Childhood Education
Tagged Literacy, pre-reading, preschool, reading, teachable moments
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Processing through Play
When you have something new that is coming up, like a job interview, a party, or a trip, do you ever find yourself laying awake imagining the scene? You run scenarios in your head about how you’ll act, what you’ll … Continue reading
Make it Complex, They Can Handle It
When people tell me that teaching young children must be “easy” because you don’t need to know “hard” things like calculus I don’t launch into a whole discussion of social emotional development and differentiated learning. I keep it more simple … Continue reading
#WeNeedDiverseBooks
5 year old- “Why do all these books have girls in them?” Me- “You know, it is strange, most books for kids have either boys as the main characters or animals! So, when I see a good book with a … Continue reading
We Took 26 Preschoolers on a Bus (and it was fun)
This morning we took our classes (26 kids in all) on a city bus up to the local library. Spoiler alert…it went really well. But how? Realistic Planning We have a bus stop right outside our school. We planned a … Continue reading
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Tagged bus, field trip, hands on learning, planning, preschool
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