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It’s that time of year again, when teachers spend hours paging through catalogs and websites, scouring stores, and brainstorming ideas ...

In the four-year-old room, several children were using the “hex tiles” – small colored plastic tiles that were originally part of a patter...

Lately I’ve been reading a lot about “risky play” – the idea that children need opportunities to engage in play that involves phys...

I’ve always wondered why older preschoolers tend to ignore the sensory table. Is sand and water play boring? Is it just that there are more...

Cornstarch goop (aka 'Oobleck") is a perfect medium for scientific exploration. There are only two ingredients – cornstarc...

I sometimes add liquid watercolor paint to the water in the sensory table just to change the visual appearance, but also because the colore...

Watching the children play in my classroom, I wonder, “What will they do next?” “How will he make that work?” “What’s her plan?” Some...