by Paige Hawthorne | Dec 22, 2020 | Blog
This year for Giving Tuesday Kodo Kids decided to do things a little differently. We had our employees split up into two teams and pick their own charities to donate to. Instead of raising money just on Giving Tuesday, we are having a social media competition where...
by Paige Hawthorne | Dec 2, 2020 | Blog, Educator Resources
Do you cringe when you hear online learning, e-learning, online training, or even just online? Many educators visibly shudder when hearing those words and for good reason. It has become the main way that many of us are learning right now, whether that be children or...
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,...