Early Childhood Physical Development

Upper body strength is missing in many young children today because of changed practices of infants. In saving their lives we have accidentally eliminated ways babies created their own upper body strength. Now we must create safe ways to help young children create the needed upper body strength.

Defining Teaching

 Teaching has been defined by many people in a variety of ways – art vs. science; traits; activities; tools, etc. What if we thought about teaching and what makes a teacher in a different manner? I would like to suggest three elements that comprise a teacher – the gift, the passion, and the training. The “gift” is that [...]

Early Childhood Education

“Play is where children discover ideas, experiences, and concepts and think about them and their consequences.”

The Goal of Education

Suspend disbelief and allow a caterpillar to take on human characteristics. Suppose a caterpillar had the Popeye mentality and said, “I yam what I yam,” and settled for being just a caterpillar.