A set of resources on the pros and cons of screen time. This highlight includes links to Pre-K Teach & Play podcasts, a download with recent facts and figures on the impact of screen time and children's development, and videos from seven experts offering advice to parents and …
Embedding Schedule Resources
One of the paradoxes of Pre-K (i.e., the rub we feel between DAP and rigor) is how to be intentional while following children's lead. How do we create intentional learning opportunities while allowing children long periods of self-directed and sustained play? …
Want Authentic Assessment? Try This Tip
A huge challenge in serving young children is collecting accurate and useful data about what they know and can do...often under tight timelines or when we have 100 other things to do. …
Tips and Tools for Dealing With All That Data
In early childhood contexts, we document information by writing down observations or interviews, marking and/or tallying forms related to our observations or tests, scoring evaluations and assessments, and/or by creating a permanent record (e.g., a video, audio recording, or photograph). …
Power of Play in ECE
One of my missions is to reclaim children's right to learn through play. But how can we balance the pressure to be the sage on the stage and ensure children have desired experiences...AND be the guide on the side...or what I like to term, an ideal play partner? …
Is Education in the United States Developmentally Inappropriate?
I was delivering professional development in Nevada and I made a statement about what I believe to be very developmentally inappropriate educational practices in the United States. Don't get me wrong...I don't mean everyone...and certainly don't mean members of the #ECE {R}evolution. However, …