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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...
ANOTHER NEW NING NETWORK FOR ME!
About Chatham Education BuzzRon Lombard created this social network on Ning.Keeping in touch with the education department at Chatham UniversityIt is my pleasure, to have accepted this invitation, to join Dr. Ron Lombard's NING network at Chatham Uni...
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...
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...
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,"...
When My Association With Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School Began
Following the Whole Language debacle, that concerned my daughter, which I discussed previously, that particular school's Board of Trustees, began a re-organization initiative. They hired a middle aged man, whose wife was pleasant enough, who was the ...
Leadership in the 21st Century
As I read the work of Michael Fullan and others, regarding this blog piece, I am struck by that word, LEADERSHIP.What did it mean prior the very public collapse of a major corporation, like ENRON. What does it mean, as we watch the possible collapse ...
Here is another good one!
An ASCD Smartbrief with a GOOD MESSAGE!More states infuse standards with 21st-century skillsAn increasing number of states, including Iowa, West Virginia and Wisconsin, are adding skills like collaboration, creativity and critical thinking as well as...
