Storyboarding
I am interested in play patterns and in story. I am especially interested in helping ALL children access play with peers. This year, I added storyboarding to our practice. This increased interest in mark-making while it also expanded children’s connections to peers.
We Never Got to Play!
There is a frenzy of pen to paper. More paper is called for and tape. More tape. These signs must be posted. Immediately because without them, no one will know that BABIES ARE NOT ALLOWED. Only space buddhas can enter here.
“I’ve Written Snail”
Lesley Romanoff savors the conversation presented in the "Enchantment of Writing..." in the Spring 2011 Innovations in Early Childhood: The International Reggio Exchange.
Small steps to learning; how does a child learn to write?
Valerie Strauss writes an education news piece called The Answer Sheet for the Washington Post. While her posts are “all things educational,” it is interesting when she turns her attention to the state of affairs in early childhood education—“Tutors for 3-year olds and More Preschool Nuttiness” leads the blog post! Why is it so easy to put the words “nuttiness” and “preschool” together? Read it now! It gets nuttier tomorrow!