Check out my interview on Reimagine Childhood discussing emergent curriculum and why it is more than a classroom theme.

"Children cannot play without learning and cannot learn without playing!" There is no dichotomy between play and learning. They go together!

When we constantly fill children's time, we rob them of the opportunity to figure out how to handle boredom.

Crawling is essential! It’s a means to so much in child development.

Is a child's action trying to tell us something?

The myths of working in child care. (preschool, early learning center, nursery - whatever you call it. The myths are still the same.

What "silly, unique, or far-fetched" things did people say to you when they found out you worked with young children?"

"When children are under too much stress from these many varied sources, they generally can't tell us in words...."

The CDC & AAP had best of intentions, but the final results are receiving push back from many who work with and advocate for young children.

Understanding and learning the difference between self-regulation and self-control. Self regulation is what makes self-control possible.

Pre-writing is not curriculum. It is playing outside, building blocks, dramatic play, and drawing! Pre-writing is PLAY!

Why do we need to teach toddlers to read? Reading is a process that builds on so many foundational skills that take time to develop.

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Have we sacrificed care for the sake of “education”? Why don’t we view them as equal and inseparable? Why is childcare viewed as “less tha

"While we teach, we learn." What does this mean to you?

Get out and play! Children need lots of movement and lots of play. As the adult, don’t try and interfere and make it “educational”.

Relationships are key for any classroom and essential to learning. I think we can all agree on that!

It is interesting how care has been marginalized in education over the years and seen as a “lesser than” job. The paradigm needs to shift.

Care is the core of early childhood; however, we have shifted the focus of our roles from child care to "real education".