Gaining clarity on wants versus needs will help you to strengthen your relationship with children. And we know...relationships are the active ingredient to supporting children's development and learning!   … [Read more...]

I’m not sure when it first started…our obsession with making sure children learn to count. But here we are…constantly asking children to count, measuring how high they can count, and worrying when they count out of order or assign incorrect number tags. … [Read more...]

In this episode, Dr. Grisham-Brown shares more about the critical messages covered in her latest book, "Blended Practices for Teaching Children in Inclusive Settings, 2nd Edition". … [Read more...]

Just as the phrase “Let them eat cake” represents a lack of understanding between the difference of living in poverty and having an adequate food supply, so too does having a “closed” snack routine represent a lack of understanding between the need to allow children to self-regulate and our ability … [Read more...]

Do you share my love/hate relationship with circle time? I know the benefits of gathering all members of a community...but I also struggle with "group starts" and "group starts." In this episode, we explore how circle time can be a choice, and where everyone wins!   … [Read more...]