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Tag Archives: tough topics
The Care and Keeping of Museum Professionals
The museum field is full of amazing, thoughtful, creative people. I’ve been working to bring their insights into a book. I jokingly call it “part self-help book, part group-memoir” because there are topics that can meet you where you are … Continue reading
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
Posted in Early Childhood Education
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
They Aren’t Doing it Right
Exhibit designers and museum educators work very hard to create experiences. Everything that goes into an exhibit or a program is thought through to support the core theme and help learning take place. So, it is understandable that they get … Continue reading
Posted in Kids in Museums, Museum Education
Tagged hands on learning, learning through play, letting go, tough topics
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Museum Visitors are Incredibly Brave
As museum professionals I think we forget sometimes to step back and look at things from a visitor’s point of view. Our visitors are incredibly brave. They come up to a a strange building, with rules that they don’t know, … Continue reading
Posted in Museum Education
Tagged hands on learning, Museum, museum education, tough topics, visitor needs
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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
Sandbox Heretic
Last week I reflected on “rule breaking” in early childhood. To prove I’m not all talk I wanted to share this story… “Keep the sand in the sandbox!” An adult voice called out. It was the rule, it had been … Continue reading
Posted in Early Childhood Education, Museum Education
Tagged creativity, everyday, preschool, rules, sand, teamwork, tough topics
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Narrowly Defined Grief
I think we have too narrow a definition of when we are “allowed” to grieve. The morning after the election, my Mom sent me a text asking “how are you doing?” I wrote back that I was “Only ok I … Continue reading
Posted in Early Childhood Education
Tagged compassion, Election, grief, loss, tough topics
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I am a superhero…I can
The morning after the election I sat in circle facing my wiggly, wonderful group of 3 and 4 year olds. It was the first time I’d brought a script with me to meeting. I didn’t trust myself to get through … Continue reading
Posted in Early Childhood Education, Uncategorized
Tagged Election, friendship, kindness, preschool, superhero, tough topics
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