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, …
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Guest Podcast: Driven 2 Educate with Linda Buchner
This week, I had the honor of being interviewed on Linda Buchner's "Driven 2 Educate" podcast. In this podcast, we discuss the paradoxes teachers face every day, and the one thing I believe every educator needs to succeed. …
Podcast 3: Three Ways Perfectionism Negatively Impacts Children’s Development
This episode is for those who are, or who have not yet realized they are, a perfectionist. …
Podcast 2: 7 Developmental Progressions to Troubleshoot when Children are Struggling
Development and learning tend to follow typical or expected progressions. For example, our brains develop from the brain stem up, we develop from the inside of our bodies out, and we go from externally controlled, to internally controlled. When children struggle to develop or learn, taking a look …
3 Teach & Play Tips for Playful, Child-Led Assessment
Let's talk about the gap between how we’ve been taught to assess children, and other more playful and ultimately more informative ways, that leave you and the child smiling, instead of crying with frustration. …
How to Hold On with “Pushed Down” Policies
Those of us who live and work in pre-K know, all too well, how it feels when a district initiative, professional development event, assessment mandate, or curricular adoption, once again, doesn’t fit “our world”. …
