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Early  childhood education can sometimes get caught between two extremes. On one side there are teachers armed with lists of standard...

I see lots of posts on education discussion groups asking “Where do you keep your loose parts?” Or “What does your loose parts area ...

“But they’ll take out all the blocks.” Yes, they sometimes will. Sometimes they’ll take out all the big blocks, and then the lit...

For the past few years, there’s been a push to integrate science and technology into early childhood classrooms. But in play based prog...

Materials are only as good as the ideas they inspire. We’ve all had the experience of bringing a new toy or material into the classroom...

Over the past few years, I’ve been learning more about the Reggio Emilia philosophy of education. This summer, I attended an excellent t...