Social skills and resolving conflicts are essential at any age.  We work with children everyday guiding them through arguments and disagreements.    Here is an example from today: Child A: “Mrs Linden, B took my tiger and gave it to C, and I was playing with it.” Teacher: You need to tell them the problem.…

Recently, I’ve been hearing feedback from parents whose children are now in kindergarten and the amount of worksheets the children get.  The lack of recess. Losing physical education class to work on handwriting. Children denied recess as a punishment for acting like a 5 year old.  Centers with only technology and worksheets.  Sitting all day.…

I was startled the other day as I read an article saying that many Early Childhood educators are intimidated by “doing science.”  LIFE is science!  Science is everywhere. Preschoolers naturally question, explore, investigate and examine. Sometimes they  just need exposure to more scientific vocabulary.   They can easily go from “a caterpillar changes,” to “metamorphosis,”…