I need/I want, Classroom Accommodations
This is a story of how 18 children and 18 old, splintery 22-inch wooden unit blocks, 3 sheets of sandpaper, and 36 wood screws all came together and went on to serve a higher purpose.
Student Assessment
Teacher, Andrea McDougall, meets with Trinity Washington University graduate students to review The Cooperative School's student assessment practices.
Reducing the "Stress of Mess"!
"How can I get my child to pick up her toys?" Sometimes it is where we start rather than how we finish. Emory Luce Baldwin talks about how much is too much -- and in the end, how to reduce stress by simply thinking ahead.
Envisioning Equity: The Space Between
Lindsey Allard has joined our blog! She will contribute posts about cultivating equity in early childhood--how to connect what happens in the space between our good intentions and the work we do with young children.
Creativity Embedded in the Classroom
A brief glimpse of a "lightning strike" of inspiration as well as a moment to reflect how, once introduced and nurtured, the language of creativity is embraced independently by children giving them opportunity to share, to build, and to problem-solve through words and action.