The Basics of Teacher Team Building – Part 1
Note: Total number of early childhood educators employed is 2,176,693 (2024). 39, 311 represents 1% working in Special Education! Out of this statistic, 16% change jobs yearly. Teachers in the United States rate their lives better than all other occupational…
ABOUT THE 5 SENSES – Part 6 – TOUCH – RIBBON ACTIVITIES
Ribbons for Math Length Ribbon Activity-Place different lengths of ribbon on the table. Challenge the children to put in order the shortest piece of ribbon to the longest or vice-versa. This experience can be simpler by limiting the ribbons used…
About The 5 Senses-SENSE OF SIGHT (PART 4)
SENSE of SIGHT - How Your Eyes Work From the moment you wake up in the morning to the time you go to sleep at night, your eyes are acting like a video camera. Everything you look at is then…
About The 5 Senses-HEARING (Part 3)
SENSE of HEARING Like your other sense organs, your ears are extremely well designed. In fact, they serve two very important purposes. Do you know what they are? You were probably able to figure out that your ears help you…
EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF MUSIC ON YOUNG CHILDREN AND SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN-PART 4
I HAD A SPECIAL NEEDS CHRISTMAS PROGRAM FOR PARENTS AND STAFF TO SEE. CATHY, A TALL, THIN SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD LIKED TO HUM "SILENT NIGHT," A GROUP OF 5-YEAR OLDS WITH A VARIETY OF SPECIAL NEEDS SANG MY LANGUAGE…
The Child’s Making Music Behavior-Part 3-Sharing How Music Influenced This Author and Children’s Thinking About Music!
I have found myself having a sustained love and passion for music throughout my life, unlike anything else. When I think about how many songs have changed my life and how many more songs I haven’t heard yet that will…
The Child’s Making Music Behavior-Part 2-What Does Music Do To Us?
Music has the capacity to: console us, to heal us, to inspire us. invites us to listen, to dance, to explore ourselves, to watch, and to participate. (I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again–Without it, I wouldn’t have…
THE CHILD’S MUSIC-MAKING BEHAVIOR-Part 1
Why Should We Spend Time Helping Preschoolers Discover Music? Here are a few important reasons: Dancing to music and making music helps release stress and energy. Music gives children a way to express their emotions. They're full of emotions they…
Seven Virtues for Our Children
These 7 virtues are the most highly regarded values that contribute toward ethical decision-making and ethical decision-makers. Positive Mental Attitude-Mind – The mind is where our dominant thoughts are rehearsed. Our mental rehearsals contribute significantly to our character development. Since…