Lesley Romanoff 10/5/14 Lesley Romanoff 10/5/14

Ages, Stages -- Early Childhood Development as a Fluid Process

Their age will not tell me about this developmental milestone. Rather the number of times they begin their sentences with, "Pretend I am..." will. When they add scene and mood to their scenarios and incorporate suggestions and ideas of others into their play, THAT is the developmental milestone I am looking for...

Lesley Romanoff 9/27/14 Lesley Romanoff 9/27/14

Evidence of play

Children communicate with each other through play with materials. Things move and shift and are collected and dropped. Each petal and twig leaves a message just as sure and true as any sign an adult would have painted and planted in the ground.

Lesley Romanoff 9/14/14 Lesley Romanoff 9/14/14

Disappointment

After observing our sharing stones routine, a question was posed to me by an adult, "What are the children who don't get called supposed to do? Be disappointed?" The answer, friends, is yes.