Book News!

Book News!

I’m happy to announce the birth of a new book!  Every Drop Counts: Exploring Water Science with Young Children in a Changing Climate will be published this fall with Gryphon House. The book provides early childhood educators with inspiration, ideas, resources,...
What Is an Emergent Curriculum?

What Is an Emergent Curriculum?

New Emergent Curriculum Resource The teachers at Families Together Cooperative Nursery School have many skills and talents but one particular area of strength is their ability to develop emergent curriculum activities in response to children’s interests. For example,...
Climate Change Resources

Climate Change Resources

My NAEYC workshop on “Young Children and Climate Change” focuses on the importance of exploratory play in building children’s creativity, resilience, and hope. Play empowers children as change agents because it prepares them for imagining and constructing...
Water Science and Climate Change

Water Science and Climate Change

On October 14, I presented at workshop at the GOAEYC annual conference titled “Water Science: Fun STEM Activities for Young Children” and on November 17 I will be presenting a workshop at the NAEYC annual conference titled “Climate Change and Young Children: The...
Climate Change and Young Children

Climate Change and Young Children

Many thanks to Early Insights for publishing my article about the role of children in climate change. My take-away message is, “Open-ended exploratory play… helps prepare children to engage in a world in which resilience, innovation, and creativity will...

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