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The site where I can document my thirty year journey as an Early Childhood Specialist, where I have been, where I am now, and where my future in the field of Early Childhood Education is taking me.
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A Facebook dialogue, between me and a novice teacher, who happens to be a friend of my daughter's
The Student to the Teacher: So you'll find this interesting....I'm reading Montessori, spontaneous activity. Interesting, she writes very simple, and I didn't realize how religious she was. Trying to pull my thoughts together on what I actually think...
My Daughter Called Last Night...
My daughter, who just finished her junior year in college, as a teacher ed. major called late last night, as I was getting ready for bed."Mommy," she said, "For the first time ever, I really feel like a teacher!"She could feel it rise up inside of h...
Is the world really a better place today?
HOW IS THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE?Is it six or is it one?Depends upon the Boro from which you come!What makes good teachers GREAT?What makes a good school a GREAT school?How does a teacher take advantage of a GREAT teachable moment?How does a teacher t...
GLOBAL EMPATHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY...
It's contagious!When I left school today, the after-care kids, while awaiting, being picked up from school, were playing on the play-yard adjacent to the parking lot of The Little White House.From afar, as I headed to my car, I could hear my name bei...
PRESCHOOL AND THIRD GRADE...SHARING WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT BIRDS
On Friday, last, The Little White House was abuzz with activity, as our third grade friends, came over for a visit. The purpose of the visit was to share, what each of the classes had learned about our little feathered friends.What a beautiful exampl...
VERUM, PULCRUM, BONUM, THE TRUE, THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE GOOD, THE ESSENCE OF THE TEACHING OF SUSTAINABILITY AND GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY IN PRESCHOOL
It all began simply enough, with a charge from our school's President, to consider how we, as Wyoming Seminary teachers, could incorporate the ideals of sustainability and environmental responsibility into our classrooms. Preschool was ready for the ...
"WAIT TILL YOU MEET THAT GIRL, THERE. SHE IS SO MUCH FUN!"
For thirteen years, and counting, I have had the pleasure of meeting potential, incoming students, to Wyoming Seminary Lower School. In this capacity, I have performed countless, incoming, maturational based screenings for children in Pre-Kindergarte...
Wyoming Seminary Parents Association Spring Auction
A reminder to all to visit: www.wyomingseminary.orgClick on Auction...Sign up for a user name and password and bid, bid, bid...A lot of good people put a lot of time, energy, and funds into this worthy endeavor...Lots of fantastic items are offered ...
POTTY TRAINING FOR ALL TIME!
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=53457257710&h=6ekp8&u=ZrDTxThank you to Elly Feibus and you tube!...
The Green Bag Lady
Check out:http://greenbaglady.blogspot.com/She is just amazing...an artist, environmentalist, and that "pay it forward," kind of person that we ALL should strive to be!...
REGARDING 21ST CENTURY LEARNING....
IN THIS AUTHOR'S OPINION, THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE THAT APPEARED IN THE ONLINE NEWS OF GREENVILLEONLINE.COMTITLED: EDUCATORS ARE DISCOVERING BENEFITS OF DIFFERENT LEARNING STYLES,says it all, when it comes to 21st CENTURY LEARNING...The article can be f...
21st Century Skills: A FAD?????
THE LATEST DOOMED PEDAGOGICAL FAD: 21st-CENTURY SKILLSBy Jay Matthewswashingtonpost.comMonday January 5, 2009; B02In his column, Jay Matthews says what many, in the honorable profession of Education may think, but few have the courage to ask. http://...
Environmental Education In Early Childhood and Early Primary
This logo is the representation of the site ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION VIC INCThe website which includes the mission and philosophy of this organization, also offers resources on this topic for Environmental Education in Ear...
TRUE HAPPINESS...
At Sem...Post Sem...Pre College...The only two kids, in the whole wide world, that get to call me, MOM....
The Nature/Empathy/Confidence/ Preschool Connection; Part II
On Monday, last, a little girl worried about the shape of her letter, "C," the first letter of her name. Her whole little fist twisted, as she tried to curve the line the way, that she knew it was supposed to look. Knowing that she was not yet a name...
TEACHING EMPATHY TO PRESCHOOLERS THROUGH NATURE
During this pre-Thanksgiving period, the Preschool has been abuzz with talk of the Wampanoag Nation, Giving Thanks to Mother Earth, the Atlantic Ocean, the Continents of North America and Europe, King James, the Pilgrims, the Mayflower, Plymouth Rock...
ANOTHER INTERESTING ASCD SMARTBRIEF WORTH SHARING...
November 20, 2008News for the K-12 education professionASCD SMARTBRIEFEye on CurriculumColumn: Students must learn 21st-century skillsTechnology and the changing economy make it more important than ever for high school graduates to know how to commun...
THE EVOLUTION OF AN AUTHOR: FOUNDATIONAL WRITING AND PRE-REQUISITE READING IN MY DEVELOPMENTAL, DIFFERENTIATED, PRESCHOOL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
A PUMPKIN COUNTING BOOKPage 1: One "Pmpcn" Page 2: Two "Pmpcnz"Page 3: Three "Pmpcnz"Page 4: Four "Pmpcnz"Page 5: Five "Pmpcnz"Title Page: Counting Pumpkin Patch BookThe Author Editing His Work...Satisfaction at a Job Well Done!The Author Signing His...
Marilyn, Our Avid Preschool Photographer; Does It Again!
Tracking Together...Representational Drawing...Pre-writing explorationPeeling Veges...Looking for Rainbows...Playing in Leaves...Imitation and Conversation...Housekeeping Role Play...Analytical Thought...Tracking Together, Independently...Exploration...
ASCD SMARTBRIEF: EYE ON CURRICULUM
ABCs plus playing nice equals better pre-K smartsBy LAURAN NEERGAARD – 3 days ago WASHINGTON (AP) — Should preschool be more about ABCs or learning to play with others? With the help of Twiggle the Turtle, scientists found out that youngsters do ...
Artful Innovation: A Basic for Innovative Thinking
Artful Innovation: A Basic for Innovative ThinkingDEBORAH VRABEL, ON: iBRAIN SURVIVING THE TECHNOLOGICAL ALTERATION OF THE MODERN MIND BY GARY SMALL AND GIGI VORGAN.A must read piece for anyone involved in the care, feeding and education of the young...
21ST CENTURY, EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP, OR EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP OF ANY CENTURY FOR THAT MATTER!
Perhaps the finest commentary, that I have yet to read, regarding 21st Century leadership, I read this morning. Sitting in my rocking chair, with the children in my Preschool class, sitting at my feet...I read again, for the very first time, an offer...
REGARDING FRUSTRATION...
I awoke this morning, with thoughts of;methodology,goals,objectives,benchmarksstandards,assessment,evaluation,observation,conversation,COLLABORATION,discussion,and, Many Children, All Being Left Behind!dancing in my head...It was my intent, to write...
THE TEACHING OF THE MEANING OF THANKSGIVING FROM THE WAMPANOAG PERSPECTIVE
Most schools, teachers, and history books, approach the story of the first Thanksgiving, from the Colonial point of view. As the story usually goes, the Pilgrims left England, which under the rule of King James, was such, that they were not allowed t...
The Relationship Between Playing Outdoors and Becoming The Creative, Innovative Thinkers Of The 21st Century
An Excerpt, Posted By Me, In The Parent's Group of My NING Network, PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION; (Which parents of young children, Early Childhood Professionals, Para-Professionals, pre-service teachers, and Professors at ...
WHEN YOUNG CHILDREN PLAY, THEY LEARN...
During a collaborative morning, today, with Assistant Preschool teacher, Deborah Chielli, and Volunteer-Colleague and Self-Appointed, Preschool Photo-Archivist, Marilyn Nygren, a discussion ensued between us, regarding what happens in the minds of yo...
PRESCHOOL READINESS
A very common, MISCONCEPTION, of the traditional, modern-day preschool, is that children will be successful in "real" school, if teachers, at these earliest of ages, make certain, that three and four year old students, "LEARN," how to write their nam...
A Few Days In The Lives Of The Little White House Preschool Class At Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School
As was stated in an earlier blog piece, I wrote, Play is the vehicle that young children use to explore their world. In a differentiated learning environment, that sensory motor exploration is what we call PLAY, and that, is what leads young children...
Some Character Traits of a Great Leader...
An unknown source for whose reference I shall research, lists six qualities of a great leader...This list was given to me out of context, simply, as a list of character traits...After reading them, it is my feeling that they are not only true, they a...
Satire on Satire: The Use of Technology in a 21st Century High School English Literature Classroom
Taken from the work of a brilliant, future, essayist, who wishes to remain anonymous...He is a pragmatist and somewhat paradoxical...The names have been changed to protect...blah...blah...blah.I Feel This WayKurt Vonnegut wrote, Slaughterhouse Five,"...
