Identifying Early Learning In the Daily Lives of Children: Reading the Environment
As many of you know, I travel a great deal consulting, delivering trainings and addressing large groups of Early Childhood Education teachers all over the country. I find myself in many airports, restaurants, and hotels and no matter where I...
Our Partnership with the Center of Gravity ECE
Kodo is honored to be partnering with a progressive new school, the Center of Gravity, in their mission to redefine early childhood education! About Center of Gravity The Center of Gravity is a unique lab school in Pleasant Hill, California,...
The Early Childhood Educator's Role
The Role of Intensity In Play in Early Childhood Education As early childhood educators who work within a Constructivist Perspective, we often struggle with when to intervene in play with our questions and when to stay silent, putting ourselves into...
Week of the Young Child: Adjust Your Learning Environment
At Kodo, we think a lot about design. We know that an aesthetically pleasing environment contributes to well-being, mood, performance, and attention span. Environments can make us feel welcomed or uncomfortable. They can invite play and investigation or thwart it....
Week of the Young Child: To Create Future Innovators, Let the Child Lead
Who will grow up to be the leaders and innovators in 20 years? Will it be the children who graduate with the highest test scores? The ones who can perform a requested task just as they were instructed? Or will...
Week of the Young Child: The Unique Benefits of Outdoor Play
If you read Monday’s post or are familiar with Kodo, then you know how committed we are as advocates for play in early childhood education. We write a great deal about experiences which take place indoors and would like to...
Week of the Young Child: Ask Open Ended Questions in Early Childhood Education
Open Ended Questions in Early Childhood Education Promotes Critical Thinking Skills Too often we find ourselves solving problems on behalf of our children. We direct them when to add more glue, where to put the ramp, how to stabilize the...
