On Thursday, as promised, we presented a small portion of our pedagogy at naeyc. A very small portion. With only an hour and with so much potential material, it was really hard to figure out what to include. We ended up focusing on the actual creation of the picturebook play and using it as a [...]
On Thursday, we are presenting a workshop called “Saying ‘yes!’ to physical and vocal expression with your preschoolers.” No one told us we’d be practicing saying “yes” to all our mistakes before we even got there.
SerahRose left the cord to her laptop at home. Don’t worry, she has the mouse.
Sharon forgot paper. Just to write [...]
Just in case you forgot, we’re presenting at naeyc this year: 2009 Annual Conference & Expo in Washington, D.C.
And, I (SerahRose) have to admit that although I’m really excited to share PictureBook Plays with new folks, I think I may be more excited to bring my daughter along for some sight-seeing. I love to travel [...]
In the world of early childhood, science is presented to children as both process and content.* Process skills are seen as how children learn, while content is what children learn. Through experiences presented via a process methodology, children learn concrete information. Remember, for example, the celery stalk in the glass of red food coloring experiment? [...]
My three year old daughter’s ability to create a dramatic story has just taken an exciting leap. I wanted to share what can happen when a child’s innate creative spirit is guided along.
The scene went something like this:
Black Cat: Meow.
Mama: Oh, hello kitty.
Black Cat: I’m a kitten in the water. Meow.
Mama: Oh, little kitten. What [...]