Articles, curiosities about childcare, family and our kindergarten

Developmentally appropriate environmental education for young children Randy White and Vicki L. Stoecklin Extensive research in children’s development and experience in early childhood education has shown that young children: Have unique learning styles that match...

What’s good for your kid’s development is also good for your emotional well-being. Most kids in the U.S. have plenty of access to toys. What they may lack is one particularly important person to play with: their parents. On average, 17% of kids across nine...

Opportunities for learning Harriet K. Cuffaro Entering a second grade classroom, it is easy to determine what the children are learning. The schedule tells us when there will be math, reading, writer’s workshop, science, social studies, and art. The charts around the...

Sue Gascoyne Positive action Regardless of SEN, many children find paying attention a key challenge. A number of proactive strategies can help, such as allowing the use of sensory-rich resources to provide feedback; providing quiet spaces to sit in calmly and take...

Kelly Hantak & Vanessa van der Graaf “If it hasn’t been in the hand and body, it can’t be in the brain.” – Bev Bos Children are natural scientists—investigating, exploring, and experimenting with the materials found in their environment. In the past, children were...

Recycling is the processes of taking an organic material such as glass, plastic, metal, or paper, and processing it so that it can be used all over again! Have you ever heard the phrase Reduce, Reuse, Recycle? Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – three great ways to be kind to...

A young college student recently remarked that he is glad his courses are taught by computer, because he does not have to bother with books, and he does not need to speak with his tutor face to face. Everything is accomplished electronically. I think this is an...

In the history of human development, oral language—conversation, poetry, story-telling, and song—arose long before written language. In children we see the same pattern of language development. Children first learn to listen, to speak, to sing, to enjoy rhymes,...

We all know that block play is good for children, but here’s part of an email we received from Vikki Curtis in Wales which portrays just how powerful constructive play can be. “When Osian started nursery at 3 years old, his use and understanding of language was very...