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 | 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...
by Ann Gadzikowski | Oct 10, 2022 | Blog
I was thrilled to present a live virtual workshop to Indonesian educators at their Annual Conference on Friday morning, October 7. Amazingly, it was still Thursday night, October 6 in Chicago when I gave my presentation. My session was titled “Coding, Robotics, and...
by Ann Gadzikowski | Mar 12, 2022 | Blog
Problem Solving with Young Children: Building Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Resilience will be released this September. “Whether it’s building a rocket, learning to take turns, or forgetting a teaching material at home, both children and adults learn more...
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