Newest book! Now out! Why what we do for education is off track and how we can get back but following the Master Teacher. Fresh insight on teaching method. Check it out. Find out more. Get on the list for announcements. Raise your hand as someone starting to think about opening a school, micro-school, or…
Caldecott Winners (Hosted by Association for Library Service to Children) http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal Parents’ Choice http://www.parents-choice.org/allawards.cfm The Kindergarten Canon, by Fordham https://edexcellence.net/commentary/education-gadfly-daily/flypaper/2012/the-kindergarten-canon.html Redeemed Reader https://redeemedreader.com/ Some Christian mothers review books: https://ccbreview.blogspot.com/ Advance Publishing, owned by Author and Activist for Character Education, Carl Sommer (fyi aimed at elementary age, but still many books may…
I got a report at a conference yesterday that more public schools are adopting character development into their curricula. As you know I have been a supporter of this move for a few years. When I started there were at most only 4 other initiatives. Not only do teachers realize this is better for classroom…
Many of my clients are directors of preschools. They will immediately see the usefulness of this anti-Bullying campaign. Other managers or trainers might find the music of Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul and Mayr) pleasant enough to add to their programs, too. Here is a report on Yarrow’s anti-bullying campaign (and curriculum) http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1052335 Here are…
Most of my clients are managers of preschools. Most such have little business and managerial background, so to fill that need, and the usual interest of most managers, I have been posting current management topics. However, most preschool educators care most about education and young children. So today, with all due respect to the typical…
“Students in the lowest SES quartile who attended a private school in 8th grade were nearly four times more likely to earn a bachelor’s degree than students from the same quartile who attended a public school.” — Council for American Private Education This is a significant statement. Students in private school outperform public school —…
Memorial Day, Monday May 26th, at 10:15. at the Convention Center, (in Room 13B probably), I will be hosting a discussion on using interactive activities in the college classroom to encourage student engagement. “Ways to Engage Students: Pros, Cons, and Science.” We are moving away from the typical “read a book/go to lecture/write a paper/take…
Just now someone on Washington Week said, “There is now actual research that shows that minority children get fewer words [delivered to them] than white children.” Actually, I just read that research: Experience and the Development of Intelligence in Young Children at Home and in Day Care by Jean V Carew *1980*. This is not…
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2012/09/common_standards_will_it_chang.html Please let me know what you think of this. Did you hear President Obama say in his State of the Union address that we should work on early childhood education? Don’t you imagine Hillary Clinton will have early childhood on her agenda if she is president. What do you think?
Here are several activities suggestions. Montessorians will love them, and I think all early childhood educators will find something here. Enjoy autumn.