No one wants to think about delivering PD to students, staff, or colleagues, who are rolling their eyes, shaking their heads, and sighing heavily.... No one wants to offer PD with the knowledge that it will have little to no impact... BUT, what if it could be different? …
Pre-K Teach & Play Podcast
A place where ECE {r}evolutionaries reclaim children's right to learn through play, reimagine inclusive classrooms, and {r}evolutionize early care and education
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Podcast 8: Five Things Every Summer Vacation Should Include
Have you ever wondered...why you need a vacation from your vacation? In today’s episode my goal is to help unlock a secret to how you can feel renewed, with or without and vacation...and no, it doesn’t mean you have to leave the kids at home. …
Podcast 7: Teaching Self-Regulation Old School Style
We all wish it were easier right? Helping children during the middle of a meltdown! What we wouldn't give for a magic wand or on-demand wizard who could help prevent outbursts and help children control their impulses. …
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, …