Throughout my first yr instructing preschool, I used to be appalled on the quantity of glue children had been squirting from our little Nancy bottles. It simply appeared so wasteful. Dedicated to not bossing children round, I attempted utilizing informative statements like, “That is a variety of glue,” “It solely takes a dot of glue to carry a…
The Trainer of the Month award is designed to acknowledge an worker that exemplifies our core values, that are compassion, humility, integrity, loyalty, and self-discipline. This month we’re happy to announce that our 2025 January Nationwide Trainer of the Month is Ms. Des of Little Sunshine’s Playhouse and Preschool of Scottsdale. In speaking about how…
I went again final night time to try what I wrote right here on my birthday eight years in the past (which was primarily based on a put up from 13 years in the past after I turned 50). I am completely happy to report that I nonetheless stand by (nearly) each phrase, so I…
Yesterday, a pair of crows drove our canine loopy by play combating outdoors our front room window. At first I believed it was an precise struggle, and possibly it was (I do not know what was of their hearts) however after awhile it was onerous to see it as something aside from a little bit…
In his basic guide A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold, the person typically credited as the daddy of recent wildlife ecology, wrote, “It’s the a part of knowledge by no means to revisit a wilderness, for the extra golden the lily, the extra sure that somebody has gilded it.” He was writing particularly about pure locations,…
This put up could comprise affiliate hyperlinks. See Disclosure for extra info. Pleasure about leprechaun traps typically begins in elementary faculty, however preschoolers with older siblings are simply as keen to hitch within the enjoyable. This easy STEM problem on the gentle desk gives a enjoyable and fascinating technique to discover constructing,…
At Little Sunshine’s Playhouse & Preschool, we consider kids are naturally curious, inventive, and stuffed with potential. Daily, we witness their imaginations come to life by way of storytelling, problem-solving, and hands-on exploration. This perception—that kids are highly effective learners who thrive in nurturing and stimulating environments—was on the coronary heart of Loris Malaguzzi’s imaginative…
I as soon as taught a woman named Laura who would sit with the remainder of us on the rug throughout circle time, however when she spoke, she popped to her toes to tempo forwards and backwards. She had recent, considerate contributions to make to our group discussions, however clearly wanted to maneuver as she…
I have been married to my spouse Jennifer for 38 years and through that point we have shared quite a lot of experiences, side-by-side, the distinction in our relative views solely a matter of levels, but we nonetheless frequently discover ourself disagreeing about what we noticed, heard, touched, tasted, or smelled. Usually, it is a…
“You want energy solely while you wish to do one thing dangerous, in any other case love is sufficient to get every thing executed.” ~Charlie Chaplin As a youthful instructor, I spent lots of time studying concerning the training of younger kids. That is how I got here to study such child-centered fashions as Reggio…
Eight-year-old Evelyn was arrested as a result of she needed to put on a cow hoodie at school. Seven-year-old Malachi was arrested after a shoving match with one other little one who had teased him about one among his drawings. The low-end estimate is that we arrest 130 kids between 5 and 9 yearly, though…
All people’s needed to combat to be free. ~Tom Petty The American labor organizer, folks singer, storyteller and poet Utah Phillips as soon as stated, “The state cannot provide you with free speech, and the state cannot take it away. You are born with it, like your eyes, like your ears. Freedom is one thing you…