To children, the world of cooking is magical. We combine all kinds of ingredients, and simmer ,mix , boil, or bake, and then presto! – Something delicious is created. I […]
Growing With Games
Watch children at play and you’ll see them creating their own group games as well as playing old standbys – enjoying the time spent together with other children. But the […]
Election Day 2018
Teaching children about our democratic society and voting at three years old is a waste of precious time. They don’t even understand if you take a vote to go outside […]
Children and Death
When someone in our preschool family hurts we all hurt. Today Savanna’s dad Charlie passed away. I’ve known Charlie and his family a long time and my heart hurts. Savanna […]
Children’s Friendships
Children today are beginning earlier in social situations, and they are spending more time with peers then they used to. Recent studies have found that some friendships formed in the […]
Fingerplays and Action Songs
Rhymes and movements for the hands and fingers, some of which date back almost 2000 years, are still used in early childhood classrooms, as well as the more modern action […]
Celebrations and Holidays
Some early childhood programs seem to build their curriculum around holidays, just going from one to the other on the calendar. We don’t take that approach, but we do like […]
One To One Correspondence
What is 1:1 correspondence? One to one correspondence is the ability to match an object to the corresponding number and recognise that numbers are symbols to represent a quantity. Young […]
The Big Yellow Bus
Today a big yellow bus arrived ( twice ) to deliver child development students from the high school. They have been visiting different types of child care facilities. I’m so […]
Monday’s and Aggressiveness in Children.
Children who have not learned to control anger or frustration often resort to aggressive behavior. Aggression is a normal expression of emotion in young children. They have not yet learned […]