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I’m always looking for new ways for children to move sand and water in the sensory table. Most of the time, sensory table activi...

I was visiting a preschool, and spending time with the children outside on the playground. An orange butterfly fluttered by, then...

As I’m getting my room ready for the first days of school, my first thought is, “How will the children feel when they enter my classroom?”...

A frequent topic on discussion boards is for someone to post a picture of an interesting loose part or material they’ve found and s...

It’s sometimes hard to know when to talk to a child who is deeply engaged in an activity, and it’s hard to know what to say. We’ve been tr...

Teaching children “self-control” or “self-regulation” skills are often top on teacher’s lists. It’s often one of the most challenging gr...

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