Childhood and Adulthood
Let’s say there are three kinds of grown-ups. It’s not true, but let’s pretend. On one side of the scale (that doesn’t really exist) is the grown up who has no time for kids; couldn’t wait to grow up,...
View ArticleWorking With Children Keeps You Young
What working with preschool kids is all about This is how we spent the first part of a recent anniversary: skimming a local pond for tadpoles. Sometimes it is all right to bring your work home with you.
View ArticleParents In The Classroom
A teaching moment? We think cooperative classrooms are the ideal. In co-opps, Parents participate in their child’s early education, observe their children in early social settings, and learn from...
View ArticleHow Big Of A Spill Do You Want To Clean Up
At one of the schools where Anghelika works, a dad helping with the 2 year olds approached the teacher with a question before snack time. “How much water should I put in the children’s cups?” The...
View ArticleConversations Without Answers
Imagine helping kids to start a conversation without worrying about where it will end up. As adults we often think we know where a conversation should go, think we know the answers. But do we always...
View ArticleConflict Resolution for Grown Ups
We teach conflict resolution to our children at an early age. Every preschool has its 5 steps to ‘talking out a problem’ (give or take a step). But in our experience, while we emphasize these skills as...
View ArticleTeenagers: a Whole New Relationship
I (Dave) had a conversation with a mom recently who had some concerns about her teenage son. These concerns were of the normal kind: he’s becoming more remote, less talkative, seemingly out-of-reach...
View ArticleIn Defense of The Blankey
Most of us can remember that special object that traveled with us through the years (usually between ages 1 and 6 or older), spent as much time near our skin as a piece of clothing, was privy to...
View ArticleLifetime Learning
Everybody’s heard one adult or another say something like, “education never stops!” It might’ve been a teacher, encouraging students to see education as a part of life, rather than something in the way...
View ArticleMore On Making Feelings OK
Last week we wrote about the important role that adults play in helping children to be OK with feelings. We have a few more things to say about this, befitting the huge impact emotions have on our...
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