Author: <span>Debbie</span>

Running, jumping, climbing, skipping, hopping, throwing, and balancing come naturally to young children. Kids need plenty of opportunities to practice. These large motor activities are an important part of your […]

There are three types of consequences: natural, logical, and problem-solving: Natural consequences require no adult planning or control. Natural consequences tend to be the most powerful motivator for children to […]

I have had reading the book “Everybody Needs a Rock ” on our lesson plans for a few days. It just never seemed to work out. Today it did! Everybody […]

Have you ever heard someone remark about an early childhood program – even ours perhaps – “all the children do there is play”? At a good early childhood programs there […]

Sometimes we tend to think to simplistically about mathematics and young children. You hear someone say ” my daughter knows all her numbers. She can count to 20. ” While […]

The purpose of parent conferences at Bright Beginnings is mainly just continued conversation that we normally have anyway to discuss goals and expectations for the children. Usually I have data […]

You can learn so much about children just by listening to the conversations. Today I spent some time sitting at the table with the kids playing Play-Doh , They all […]

One of the indicators of a high quality classroom is when the materials change to peak interest. Have you ever taken a toy and just moved it to a different […]

We try to cook at least once a week. We decided that today would be a good day to start that. The children joined me in the kitchen two or […]

Between the storm last night and the rain barrel we had pouring going on everywhere today. The more children are allowed to fill and dump outside the more successful they […]