Teacher Tom
var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; "No climbing to the top!"When our daughter was in kindergarten, her school installed an amazing rope-and-steel climbing structure. The kindergartners were forbidden from climbing to the very top, which meant that adults were always...
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}; 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...