“Walk upstairs, open the door gently, and look in the crib. What do you see? Most of us see a picture of innocence and helplessness, a clean slate. But, in fact, what we see in the crib is the greatest mind that has ever existed, the most powerful learning...
Announcing the publication of my new book, now available from Routledge! Embracing Challenges in Early Childhood Education is a key resource for early childhood educators, especially those inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach or other inquiry-based,...
As I struggle to wrap my head around a profound sense of loss—loss of optimism, loss of a sense of safety, and loss of a (naïve?) sense that we are all in this together—I find myself looking for proof of connection. How can we muster the connection and sense of...
We find ourselves today in a sea of conflict, fed by intentional othering and motivated by fear. Some are so afraid they will be left out that they wrap narrow affiliations around themselves and create their identities within those narrow bonds (powell and Menendian,...
This is the third blog post in the Reclaiming Joy series. I am only in the classroom as a pedagogical companion/consultant now. But I do remember: for me, teaching often felt like play…fluid, creative, guided by flexibility of thinking and mental rules, and...
When I was teaching I tended to get deep into what I was doing, and time and distractions would just disappear. I’d be observing children’s play, conversations, and representation, often documenting their process, and supporting them when needed. Suddenly,...
