by Kasey Kile | Oct 29, 2020 | Blog, Educator Resources
Fostering STEM skills in young children, often starts with the materials you have available in your environment. However, it is more than the materials, but rather, how the Educator facilitates learning with materials and how the children utilize the material. The...
by Kodo Partner/Guest Blog | Sep 15, 2020 | Blog, Early Childhood Education Theory, Educator Resources, Kodo Collaborator
Kodo Partner – Deborah Schein I started my career in 1972 as an educator and later as a Director of a Jewish early childhood program. I then moved to a low-income urban setting, where I created a classroom-based upon the Reggio Emilia philosophy of the hundred...
by Kasey Kile | Sep 9, 2020 | Blog, Educator Resources
How many times have you played peek-a-boo with a child? Too many to count, I would assume. Children naturally engage in games starting at a very early age, hiding themselves with their hands or with a blanket draped over them. As children grow older, they utilize...
by Diane Spahn | Jul 8, 2020 | Blog
Irresistible Materials Most young children love squishy, messy, slimy, and gooey things. Very few can resist a stomp through a puddle, or the satisfaction of mixing up a really nice mud pie. There’s something compelling about the feel of soft warm sand, sudsy water,...
by Diane Spahn | Jun 16, 2020 | Blog
Playground Memories I recently came across a few old photos of my kindergarten playground. The space was basically a concrete pad that featured monkey bars made of pipe, a slide, a painted hopscotch court, and a bench. It didn’t have any vegetable gardens, trees,...
by Kasey Kile | Jun 16, 2020 | Blog
My heart is breaking….my brain is swimming…my emotions are raw… How do you put on paper what you are feeling during this time? As an educator and one that worked diligently to provide a safe learning space for all children, I am struggling to find the words to...
