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I’m a big fan of the Food Network show Chopped . In this show, chefs compete to create unique dishes using strange combinations of assigned...

On the surface, “ Emergent Curriculum” sounds easy enough. Observe the children, listen to their comments and questions, and find ways to ...

“I’m using it!” I don’t know how many times a day I hear this phrase – yelled, called out loudly, emphatically, repeatedly. The four ye...

Last week my family visited The City Museum in St. Louis, Missouri. The City Museum isn’t so much a museum in the traditional sense (a...

This week I presented a workshop called “Planning Purposeful Play”, all about how to set up classroom environments and present materials ...

The beginning of the school year is coming, and I stopped by the local teacher store looking for something new. I don’t know what, just som...

All of us – children, teachers, parents – have some toys we like more than others. I’m personally not a huge fan of math manipulatives that...