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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 solutions to...
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
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 become our...
Children and A.I.
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 conversations...
HighScope Indonesia
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...
My New Book!
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 from...
The Reflective Teacher Podcast
What a great conversation with Marthe and Lindsey! STEM and Construction Play https://www.thereflectiveteacherpodcast.com/home/new-beginnings-2-y43h7-hhe8p-3rh8k-h89kw-kdny6-hj4bs-8mf8f
New Video Series: Milestones in Learning
I enjoyed collaborating with my team at Britannica for Parents to create a series of videos for parents and practitioners that demonstrate the most important milestones in learning and development. Check out our four new videos: Milestones in Learning through Play...
Architecture, Block Play, and the Hundred Languages of Children
I had so much fun presenting my block play workshop titled "Architecture, Block Play, and the Hundred Languages of Children." Here are the resources I referenced in my presentation. Links and Resources (In Order) Ann Gadzikowski: Author website Young Architects at...
What Can Preschoolers Learn from a Screen?
The best remote learning experiences for preschoolers involve play and engagement with tangible materials on both sides of the screen. An excerpt from my recent article in Early Insights. The debate about children and screen time is a luxury we can no longer afford....