I remember being called to help out in a childcare center and as soon as I stepped into the door, I knew we had a problem. The few things posted on the wall were all bought and all posted at adult level. There were only 3 books in the room for a classroom of 20.…
Here are several activities suggestions. Montessorians will love them, and I think all early childhood educators will find something here. Enjoy autumn.
So many people seem to want online training, that I continue to work on it. Given the little, little I charge, of course, I have to do my own tech. Days of fixing broken links. I do have some pages up. Still working on links. How about you trying some for me. Tell me how…
God chose to communicate to His creation through a book. You know what that tells me? Literature is vitally important. – @KingCohl #books Dr. David Dickinson is going to speak in San Antonio about the importance of early language acquisition for life-long success an upcoming conference. How do you make sure that your classrooms are…
Directors in Austin are telling me that they have no good product for pre-service training. So I put the first 8 hours, necessary before a new employee works at all, into one binder. It follows the topics exactly as Licensing requires. It is all on CD, along with exercises and little, easy tests you can…
Here is some great advice for directors. http://leadershipfreak.wordpress.com/2013/09/05/seven-secrets-to-listening-when-time-is-short/ Dan Rockwell says people talk because it makes them feel important. With women, talking sometimes makes them feel loved — so listening is once again very important.
I am continuing to think about the dilemma I had as a director. We had to cut down the spreading of germs. Our community had zero tolerance for kids getting sick — at all. And rightly so. However, I also wanted to cut down toxicity. No point in poisoning our kids. Why is that such…
Here is the promised to post resources in Austin for children with special learning needs . This is not necessarily an exhaustive list, just the ones I know about. Please be invited to post your favorites too. I do think every director ought to have a list. Autism Spectrum Disorder Johnson Center The Johnson…
Great conference going on at Christ Lutheran in Georgetown, Texas. Lots of good speakers. Excellent participation in my directors’ sessions! We really go to some issues and I very much thank those who participated well. Later this week I will post what resources I know for teacher training in how to deal with learning differences,…
Conference for early childhood educators at Christ Lutheran in Georgetown Texas tomorrow. I’ll be speaking on conflict reduction for directors, teaching children conflict reduction, and for new teachers, how to be a good employee.