In the blog Finding Child Care for Your Small Child, Part One: Considering Quality, I wrote about balancing an expectation of finding the ideal care with the reality of what’s available, what to expect in quality programs, and barriers to finding quality care. After considering the quality of a program, other things to think about…
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One of the hardest things to do as a parent in the U.S. is finding child care for your small child. If you found your way to this blog post via a search on what to look for when looking for care for your child, then you are in a privileged position. Too many of…
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Diversity. Pluralism. Being who we are and getting along with others. All the work of people living in democratic societies. I was born into and raised in such a society, so I know no other. No matter how many times I flip it and turn it and find all the flaws and jaw-dropping assaults on…
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Death is a part of life that touches us all and is rarely addressed in early childhood education. If you are a teacher who has faced the loss of a student, friend, co-worker, or parent, maybe you understand how personally confronting and awkward it can be to carry on as the leader of your group…
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Research has shown that the best care environments for young children include caring adults who engage in what is known as reflective practices as well as self-reflection (Can Reflective Practice Guide Me in Making Better Decisions for my Early Childhood Classroom? is a lovely account of the subject.) Mostly, folks talk about reflective practice in early learning…
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Did you know one of the most natural parts of caring and educating young children is assessing them? We think about if they’ve gotten enough sleep, what we should feed them, how they will spend their time with us, how they are behaving, what they are learning, and more of course. When caring for and…
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Whatever we hold dearest to our hearts like views on raising and educating young children, ideas on love and life, and so on, are all wrapped around what we think is true. And thinking of this, is so very important to how we provide care and leadership to the small children in our lives. I…
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