Winter. . . holiday. . . stress relief
Guest writer, Emory Luce Baldwin, a certified parent educator and marriage and family therapist in the Washington, DC area, discusses how our recollections may influence our views of the winter holidays.
Sharing at NAEYC
The Tracks class curriculum front and center, please. I had the pleasure of presenting on the Curriculum-Creative Expression and Appreciation for the Arts track at the Association's Annual Conference in D.C.
Small steps to learning; how does a child learn to write?
Valerie Strauss writes an education news piece called The Answer Sheet for the Washington Post. While her posts are “all things educational,” it is interesting when she turns her attention to the state of affairs in early childhood education—“Tutors for 3-year olds and More Preschool Nuttiness” leads the blog post! Why is it so easy to put the words “nuttiness” and “preschool” together? Read it now! It gets nuttier tomorrow!
Early Literacy and Language Development, or How Do You Hold A Book?
How do you hold a book? Which is the front? Where is the back? In which direction do the words flow – up, down, to the left, to the right? When someone is speaking can you tell the difference between a question and a statement? How do young children learn the things we, as adults, take for granted?