Teacher Tom
var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; An early childhood educator recently told me that if "playwork" was a viable career option in the US, she would have pursued that rather than "play-based preschool teacher."I get it. Over the years, I've had the opportunity to work with...
Teacher Tom
var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; Several years ago, we had a scare while on a field trip. A boy, racing to the bus stop, attempted to get around one of the adults by shooting for a narrow gap between her and the roadway. While both his feet were off the ground, her hip...
Teacher Tom
var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; "Well, he won't do that again."We've all said, or at least thought it. And more often than not (but not always) we're right. Like when a child goofs around on the edge of a fountain on a cold day and falls in. We expect that unpleasant...
Teacher Tom
var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; Play-based preschool should be the default. Research consistently tells us that young children -- all young children -- need play and lots of it for both intellectual and healthy social-emotional development. Unfortunately, ignorance and...