ECE and ECSE teams often want to know how to use the self-regulation assessment rubric to make sound decisions. This post includes my answers to how to use the rubric, when to use the rubric, and what all the data means for planning meaningful interactions and experiences for children. …
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Reducing Children’s Exposure to Stress One Zigzag At a Time
Do you know how to use the seven progressions of the zigzag process to be a strong play partner and help reduce children's exposure to stressors? …
How To Pinpoint Why A Child Is Struggling
A fellow #ece {r}evolutionary had a fabulous observation after listening to Pre-K Teach & Play Podcast episode #2. She recognized that determining why children struggle is complicated by the fact that the progressions overlap. She wondered if there was an "easier" way to think about a child's …
Podcast 6: A Map to the Stars
Serving groups of children with diverse abilities just got a bit more doable. Reach for the Stars (RFTS), Planning for the Future has been revised and it is better than ever. …
Podcast 5: What’s Lurking In The Classroom That’s Keeping You From Being More Inclusive?
I love visiting pre-K classrooms and watching amazing brain architects hard at work, but was fed up with all the clutter in classrooms, as well as toys and materials so broken and boring they hadn't been touched in years! …
Podcast 4: Five Courageous Steps to Conversations that Change Education
In this Pre-K Teach & Play podcast episode, I offer five alternatives to an approach to early childhood assessment, which tends to favor fear, punishment, and standardized testing. The alternatives (aka solutions) are offered as a counter to making high-stakes decisions based upon scores, …