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 […]
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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 […]
Culturally Responsive Practice
Experiences With Bank Street’s Center On Culture, Race And Equity— Summer Musings (Or Lack Thereof)
Basically, at this point in the year, I’m a zombie. I’m so tired, my eyelashes ache – which I can assure you, can be a normal symptom after every school […]
Activities For The Classroom
NAEYC’s Week Of The Young Child: From The Bottom Of The Sea Up, Up Into Our Classroom
Although this year was my fourth participating in NAEYC’s Week of the Young Child(and despite all the work that goes into the presentation) it never ceases to wow me. The students definitely express […]
Spring feels like freedom. Once spring is done with the dreary, watery days of April and the sun emerges (most days) in May – I love it. My students do […]
Early Childhood Education
Supporting Each Other: A Bridge Between Families And Educators
One of the most challenging things about teaching in early childhood education surprisingly has nothing to do with children. Building an effective & secure bridge of trust, communication, and deep understanding […]
Supervised Fieldwork & Advisement
Supervised Fieldwork: Conference Groups
It’d been whispered a time or two that educators often need therapy. Not the lay-on-a-chaise-and-spill-all-your-existential-crises-out-to-a-doctor kind of therapy (although there’s nothing wrong with that). No, more like the kind of […]
Supervised Fieldwork & Advisement
Supervised Fieldwork: Observation
Nothing terrifies a teacher more than mentioning a class observation. Teachers are observed a lot – a whole lot. Whether from the city, the state, independent organizations, or any part […]
Activities For The Classroom
Exploring Curriculum – Activities I Do With My Students And Why
If there’s one thing I’ve proven time and again in my journey as a teacher, it is that young children love to have fun. When we are immersed in a study characterized […]
Early Childhood Education
Developmentally Appropriate Practice – We’re Not Just Playing!
Children play for a reason. There are very specific, very real, biological, emotional, cognitive, and human reasons children are irrevocably compelled to and consumed with play. Play is an essential […]