Nature Schools and Kindergarten Readiness
I am fortunate that the parents and teachers who choose my preschool take a broad view of kindergarten readiness. They accept that a...
Responding with Compassion to Challenging Behavior
We’re wrapping up “the most wonderful time of the year” and getting ready to head back to the daily grind. It’s the time when we reflect...
Outside the Parent-Teacher Conference: Communicating with Parents, pt. 1
“They’re more afraid of you than you are of them.” We often hear this line when it comes to encountering frightening animals. However,...
Inclusion: Benefits for Peers Too!
Inclusion of young children with disabilities is more and more the norm for early childhood classrooms. It is abundantly clear how...
Build Children's Observation Skills with Sit Spots
When I switched from a traditional school setting to a nature school, one important question I needed to answer was “How are the children...
Modeling How We Respond to Frustrating Situations
As early childhood professionals, we know it’s important to model skills for children. We use language that we want them to use, we...
