by Ann Gadzikowski | Jun 10, 2024 | Blog
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,...
by Ann Gadzikowski | Nov 16, 2023 | Blog
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...
by Ann Gadzikowski | Oct 23, 2023 | Blog
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...
by Ann Gadzikowski | Mar 6, 2023 | Blog
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...
by Ann Gadzikowski | Feb 13, 2023 | Blog
All the recent talk about ChatGPT has caused me to revisit the work I did in 2018 on talking with children about the ethical uses of technology. As I wrote in my article “Teach Artificial Intelligence in Kindergarten,” it’s never too soon to begin having...
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