Reggio Emilia Approach at Home: Activities and Spaces for Kids | EarlyChildhoodEduNet The Reggio Emilia Approach at Home: Bringing the Third Teacher to Everyday Spaces The first time I saw the phrase “the environment is the third teacher,” it sounded like the sort of glossy educational philosophy that only works in sunlit Italian classrooms with…
Child Development Milestones: 5 Essential Age Guides Every Frustrated Parent Needs Child Development Child Development Milestones by Age: A Neuro-Inclusive Guide I’ve spent far too many hours sitting across from exhausted parents who are clutching a crumpled piece of paper covered in milestone checkboxes, looking like they’ve just been handed a failing grade on their…
Alexithymia: The Word That Finally Explained Something About My Own ADHD | EarlyChildhoodEduNet Alexithymia: The Word That Finally Explained Something About My Own ADHD Alexithymia ADHD wasn’t a phrase I’d ever put together in my own head, not properly, until I was working through a unit in my own coursework on autism and ADHD, the…
Simple Assessment Strategies for Early Childhood Classrooms | EarlyChildhoodEduNet For Teachers Simple Assessment Strategies for Early Childhood Classrooms On a stack of checklists that told me almost nothing, and the one page that told me everything. The paperwork that never seemed to match the child In my first few months working as an educator, fresh…
Color Mixing Chart: How a Little Visual Structure Helps Toddlers Play and Learn | EarlyChildhoodEduNet Learning at Home A Colour Mixing Chart That Actually Held Their Attention On teaching at three campuses, a borrowed kind of childcare, and a chart drawn on the back of a handout. Three campuses, two toddlers, one degree still unfinished…