Although Bronx Cohort 1 graduated over a month ago (my goodness how time flies) and we’re still reeling from the heady whirlwind of it all, I have yet to introduce […]
Early Childhood Education
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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, […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Activities For The Classroom
Student Teacher: Teacher and Student
Every program at Bank Street involves some form of supervised fieldwork. Depending on the program this can be as a head teacher, assistant teacher, or a student teacher. For my […]
Current Events & Educational Policy
Reflections on the 9th Niemeyer series: UPK in NYC
[The views expressed in this blog posting do not reflect that of Bank Street College as a whole] Bank Street’s ninth Niemeyer Series, Universal Pre-K in New York City, took […]