Archive for 2016

I’ve mentioned this before, but there’s a saying in the Early Childhood world: Process vs Product.   This refers to methods with which art materials are used. With process art, the children are in control.  They experiment and explore with the materials.  It’s theirs.  A product, however, looks exactly the way the teacher decides.  Typically…

Every teacher knows that sometimes you plan a lesson/activity that you think the children will love, and it falls flat.  Then there are the magical days.  The days where you THINK the children might like (and learn) from the activity, and then magic happens.  It goes beyond your expectations. We’ll be walking to the Post…

Ah, that famous phrase. There are a lot of skills that just can’t be tested. All of the flashcards and workbooks can’t even begin to address them.  They are skills that need to be learned, and the only way to learn them is by trial and error, and lots of experience. What skills are those?…