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Playing Inside a Box Helps Children Think “Outside the Box”!

February 26, 2011 By Miss Barbara

I recently visited a friend of mine whose son and his family are relocating to this area. The son, his wife and two very young daughters are staying with his parents while they sell their house and get re-established. Another of my friends accompanied me on this visit; and as any good early education folks […]

Filed Under: Toys

Does Education Reform Need Reforming?

October 18, 2010 By Miss Barbara

Below is a copy of my most recent letter to the editor of our hometown paper. I am sharing it with you because I know that as parents, and as citizens, you have a vested interest in education reform. My original letter was shortened slightly when it appeared in the paper in order to meet […]

Filed Under: Development, Education

Changing the Way Children are Taught

February 25, 2010 By Miss Barbara

You may be familiar with a group in our community called Alamance Citizens for Education (ACE).  They are a citizen’s group that looks at the issue of community involvement in our public schools. They spearhead many programs and projects, including the Classroom Closet which provides supplies for classroom teachers. I am on their email list […]

Filed Under: Education

Too Much Technology?

February 10, 2010 By Miss Barbara

The weather and a terrible cold have kept me home for the last few days, doing some reading, writing and watching TV. During this time I saw a program on Frontline about how technology is affecting all of us, entitled “Digital Nation”. If you missed it, you can watch it online at www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view/ . I […]

Filed Under: Development

A Christmas message…

December 16, 2009 By Miss Barbara

As we celebrate this holiday season, I hope that each of you can take the time to truly enjoy being with your families. The magic and wonder that young children bring to this holy season lasts for just a few short years, but their experiences during these years will define how they think about Christmas […]

Filed Under: Holidays

Halloween is Not so Scary

October 10, 2009 By Miss Barbara

Almost every year someone asks me how I feel about celebrating Halloween with young children, especially in a church setting. My personal feeling is that Halloween is much like many other things in life; it’s all about how you look at it. I look at it as a learning opportunity. At our school we tell […]

Filed Under: Development, Holidays, Parenting, Resources

Becky Bailey and Conscious Discipline

October 9, 2009 By Miss Barbara

We closed our playschool last Friday so that our staff could attend the North Carolina Association of Educators of Young Children conference in Raleigh, and what an awesome experience it was. We don’t go to this conference every year, because of the cost, but when I heard that the keynote speaker was Dr. Becky Bailey, […]

Filed Under: Development, Education

What Are Our True Priorities in Educating Children?

September 8, 2009 By Miss Barbara

I want to share with you a letter to the editor that I recently submitted to my hometown paper. In a short editorial, written on the first day public schools opened in Alamance County, the editor gave a laundry list of things he hoped the schools would accomplish during the school year. I felt that […]

Filed Under: Education

Some Thoughts on Potty Training

August 29, 2009 By Miss Barbara

I am often asked for advice on potty training children, particularly by the parents of children who will be entering our three year old program in the fall and the child is not yet trained. I don’t advocate pushing a young child into potty training too soon, but in my personal experience, by age three […]

Filed Under: Potty Training

EOG Testing… Do You Have a Horror Story?

June 12, 2009 By Miss Barbara

Everywhere I go I hear people talking about how awful the EOGs were this year, particularly in the elementary grades: How the material they covered was actually way beyond the grade level of the students taking the tests How stressful they are for students and teachers How much time was spent cramming for the tests […]

Filed Under: Education

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