“You did it!”
Abundant Life Children posted about “4 Small Changes To Enrich Your Journey with Young Children,” including using the words, “You did it!” in place of, “Good job!” To some this may seem like an...
View ArticleThe Forced Apology
Were you ever forced to apologize to someone as a child? If you were, you may be able to recall the mix of negative emotions flooding through your body at the time. Perhaps you were still angry about...
View ArticleThe Perfect Blendship
“Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. “Pooh?” he whispered. “Yes, Piglet?” “Nothing,” said Piglet, taking Pooh’s hand. “I just wanted to be sure of you.” ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh Several months...
View ArticleReading in Our Changing World
Mari Passananti posed the most interesting question in her blog post, “If You Read But Your Child Doesn’t Realize It, Does It Count?” She writes, Many of you will remember a widely reported twenty-year...
View ArticleSpeaking in Abstracts
“That’s not nice!” “Are you going to be good today?” Good. Bad. Nice. Mean. Kind. Unkind. Friendly. Unfriendly. What do these words really mean to very small children? Most children are masters of...
View ArticleFavorite Nap Reads
When I was teaching in a full-day preschool program, one of my favorite times of day was nap time. Not for the obvious reason (all the children sleep for a couple of hours and teachers get to catch up...
View ArticleIt Makes Me Sad
I encountered a flustered mom on the sidewalk outside my work building the other day. She was a mom that I knew by sight, not by name. For several months she and her son had been attending the...
View ArticleFavorite Letter-Writing Books
This is the time of year (Valentine’s Day) when many preschool classrooms explore themes related to writing notes and letters. For many programs who have a policy of not explicitly celebrating...
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