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…
In answer to questions regarding Christian curricula, I have begun gathering recommendations. Here is what I have so far: 1. Alpha Omega – available both in retail stores and online (see 2 posts below for a discount coupon), full scope and sequence, covers most areas, rather than just Bible Stories 2.Baptist Weekday Educators Association puts…
What does it take to be a great educator? Better formal training? Natural talent? A love for children? Kindness? Moral excellence in order to think of the children’s needs and the family’s needs and the center’s needs before one’s own? Or faith for a child to achieve academic excellence? Or what? How do you rate…
One of the blogs on leadership and management that I like to read is Dan Rockwell’s Leadership Freak http://www.facebook.com/LeadershipFreak Today he asked the question here what is necessary in times of disaster. He was thinking of Japan, but I’m just thinking in general terms — for a director of a CDC or a prinicpal or…
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/12/29/christakis.play.children.learning/index.html?iref=allsearch I am sure that most of my early childhood education friends will enjoy this article, urging play based curricula. The authors wonder why the nation does not more readily adopt this view. Let me tell you why, from the Sociological angle. The nation is increasingly skeptical of “soft” policies because the nation’s results, especially…