After Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday comes Giving Tuesday. It seems like the giving should be before the consuming, but nonetheless, today's the day we can make the most of our charitable donations because many great charities have matching gifts on Giving Tuesday. Before you become consumed with the holiday season, please take a moment to donate to your favorite early childhood charities. We've listed a few of our favorite early childhood charities. You...
From time to time, we receive emails from confused webinar-goers who have trouble logging in to our webinars. First, please know we are sorry for any inconvenience you might have experienced. While webinars should be easy and trouble-free, there's a lot of technology involved in the execution of webinars. Here's some information that might help you. First, our webinars are offered on the GoToWebinar platform. The first, best thing you can do to ensure you...
By Fran Simon, M.Ed. When it comes to family communication and documentation in early childhood programs, I believe it is quality, not quantity that makes a difference. Educators' deep reflections about their students' learning, their interactions with the world and people around them, rather than constant updates about routines are often much more impactful for children and their parents. While there is a place for note-taking and sharing, it is reflection that is most important....
Every morning, when I open my email box, I read Exchange EveryDay, a publication of Child Care Information Exchange and Exchange Press. I learn something interesting or important every morning. Today I learned about how Bright Horizons Family Foundation Bright Spaces supports a Bright Space at the Humanitarian Respite Center (HRC) in McAllen, Texas. This important organization, supported by Catholic Charities, provides "short-term stopover for asylum-seeking families, offering hot meals and showers, clean clothing and...
We were fortunate to have Peggy Ashbrook, Carrie Lynne Draper, MEd, and Beth Van Meeteren, PhD present Supporting Young Children’s Creative Thinking Using Problems They Care About: Engineering Design In ECE on June 5, 2019. Many of the participants had questions that we were unable to ask the presenters. They were kind enough to answer them and they are posted below. Here is a link to the recording: Supporting Young Children’s Creative Thinking Using Problems...
6/24/2019 In a piece published today in The Conversation, researcher Mary Elizabeth Picher describes how pedagogical documentation connects children's development to home and classroom learning. Picher's research has centered around "how and why documentation itself is a critical component of early childhood learning and development and a cornerstone of Ontario’s play-based kindergarten program." She also explored the impact of using digital documentation tools by focusing on preschool programs in Ontario that were using Storypark to...
We were fortunate to have Derry Koralek and Laura J. Colker present a webinar based on their book Making Lemonade: Teaching Young Children to Think Optimistically on April 10, 2019. Many of the participants had questions that we were unable to ask the presenters. They were kind enough to answer them and they are posted below. Here is a link to the recording: Making Lemonade: Teaching Young Children to Think Optimistically Click here to: Download...
If you haven't yet discovered our sister site, ECEexperts.com, you are missing another free resource that can help you sustain your organization. Early Childhood Consultants Directory is the only nationwide database of consultants who provide services to programs, associations, and vendors in the industry. It's free to search and instantly connect with experts who can help on a contract basis. When you search you will find every type of consultant you can imagine. In fact,...
Actually, obtaining certificates from Early Childhood Investigations Webinars and videos is simple. It seems complex because there are three options! If you've ever logged into our webinars or watched our recorded webinars, you know that in the beginning know I blather on for exactly 8 minutes about all the housekeeping items related to participating in the webinars, and 4 of those minutes are devoted to explaining how to obtain certificates! And, then, at the end of...
We were fortunate to have Ruth Anne Hammond present a webinar about Respectful Discipline for Toddlers & Twos on February 22, 2017. Many of the participants had questions that we were unable to ask the presenter. She was kind enough to answer them and they are posted below. Here is a link to the recording: Respectful Discipline for Toddlers & Twos: The Administrator’s Role in Setting Expectations Click here to: Download the PowerPoint Slides ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________...
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