How many of you feel like all you do is put things on your "To Do" list, work really hard, cross off a few things, and blink...it's full again! Or if you're like me, you find yourself creating lists after the fact. Meaning, you jot things down AFTER completing them, just to experience the … [Read more...]
Learn How to Love Paperwork
If you were to ask most early childhood professionals the thing they like least about their job, can you guess what they might say? Dealing with behaviors that are challenging would be near the top of the list, but my guess is that paperwork is something they also … [Read more...]
3 Teach & Play Tips for Playful, Child-Led Assessment
Let's talk about the gap between how we’ve been taught to assess children, and other more playful and ultimately more informative ways, that leave you and the child smiling, instead of crying with frustration. … [Read more...]
How to Hold On with “Pushed Down” Policies
Those of us who live and work in pre-K know, all too well, how it feels when a district initiative, professional development event, assessment mandate, or curricular adoption, once again, doesn’t fit “our world”. … [Read more...]
Five Ways to Flip Your Assessment Practices From Standardized to Personalized
Once I read Vicki Davi’s blog titled, “10 Ways to Flip A Kid and Turn Their Day Around: Teaching and Reaching Every Child”, which inspired me to think of ways we could turn early childhood assessment practices around. … [Read more...]
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