Starting Strong – Communication with Families
It is always a good idea to set the stage for family involvement from the start of the year, establishing practices that will support a family centered program in everything you do. The key to doing...
View ArticleAnother article about Math at Home (not the site – but actual Math at Home)
Thanks to my friend and colleague Carrie Nepstad for sending me this article from KQED.org. The title, How Adding Math to a Child’s Routine Can Advance Achievement, gives you a pretty good idea about...
View ArticleHelping Parents Remember or Stop Making Turkey Centerpieces in Preschool
What are your earliest memories? Not the memories you think you remember but actual memories? Sometimes, we think we remember people or events because we have heard the stories of those happenings...
View ArticleModeling for Parents
I learned a lot about caring for my own children by watching their teachers in the classroom. I was lucky. As a member of a parent cooperative, we had consistent opportunities to be in the classroom...
View ArticleSpeaking “Math” to Parents
How frequently do you engage the parents in your program about math? This is one of those things that seems so simple, but in practice really hard. Parents are usually in a hurry, dropping off or...
View ArticleTeachers Plus Parents Equals Success For Young Children
I am always looking for winning combinations…Peanut butter plus jelly equals gooey deliciousness. A sunny day plus a half day of work equals a good long walk with my dogs. These are win-win...
View ArticleMuseums For All
This past winter I was asked to be on the Advisory Board of the Chicago Children’s Museum, located downtown at Navy Pier. I had been serving on the Tinkering Board of the museum for the three years...
View ArticleCool Poster For Parents
Someone posted this the other day on my Facebook page and I couldn’t wait to share it. Some of these ideas are clearly for older children, but the intent is...
View ArticleHow to Speak to Parents of Babies About Math
Most parents who have infants in child care are hoping that they will be loved and nurtured, held and rocked, sung to and responded to. I would imagine that parents of children this age are not really...
View ArticleLending Library for Early Math Games
How many of you have libraries in your centers that allow families to check out books? Often, centers (sometimes classroom teachers) offer both children’s books and adult books focused on child rearing...
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