The drums pierced with a wild blaze through my heart— the sounds were something ancient and completely mesmerizing. While listening, clapping, and cheering I waved my hands over my my […]
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Highlighting An Alumna And Past Blogger For Mother’s Day
In my experience, children tend to say the word mom (or any variation of it) a lot. Many times, mothers are the center of young children’s universes and they bring […]
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IMP Reflections
From our first days at Bank Street, my cohort and I heard legendary tales of the magical and formidable IMP— and we started classes at the beginning of September so […]
Early Childhood Education
Early Childhood Literature– Books For Children And Why They’re My Favorite Thing
You can say anything with a book. And children love them. They are essential tools for teaching and learning that color the process of delivering content to young minds. Appropriate, […]
Culturally Responsive Practice
Celebrating All Of Us– Ways We Promote Cultural Inclusion And Responsiveness In My Classroom
It’s no secret that cultural responsiveness is a sought-after practice. At Bank Street, it is part of the educative canon. However, it is also not a secret that practicing it […]
Early Childhood Education
Science And Early Childhood – Why Young Children Are The Best Scientists
Scientists are astrophysicists. They are chemists, and archaeologists – biologists and anthropologists. They also happen to be three- and four-year-old children in my classroom. Last Fall, I took Science for […]
Early Childhood Education
Quantifying Intelligence And Success In Early Childhood
As the year begins, we often set new goals for ourselves and experience a renewal in our outlooks and dispositions. At this halfway point in the school year, I also […]
Activities For The Classroom
Reflecting on Autumn – Learning the Season
“CI-NNA-MON!” the class yelled the syllables in a boisterous, clamoring, almost-unison that reverberated enthusiasm through the room. Yes— what they’d just smelled is cinnamon— and nutmeg, cloves, allspice and ginger, […]
Progressive Education
Progressive Education: Learning to Understand
In education, it’s always a point of both interest and tension: progressive education versus traditional and all the assumptions that come with each. Growing up having been taught via traditional […]
Culturally Responsive Practice
Colorism and the Bronx
Bank Street is big on social justice. We roar like lions at the inequities of our educational system. It is a source of pride for many of us graduate students […]