A GREAT OPPORTUNITY Our very own Miss Elaine will have an opportunity this summer to have lunch with Howard Coble, one of our NC legislators in Washington, DC. She has volunteered to take him information about the importance of play for kindergarteners and also a petition from North Carolina citizens asking for the legislature to […]
Kindergarten Cram
The following article is by PEGGY ORENSTEIN and was originally published on April 29, 2009 in the New York Times. Here’s a link to the Original Article. This article really speaks to my concerns. Miss Barbara Kindergarten Cram By PEGGY ORENSTEIN Published: April 29, 2009 About a year ago, I made the circuit of kindergartens […]
In Praise of Active Learning
I went to a conference recently, and came away with a severe case of information overload. I commented to my husband that, for a group devoted to improving learning environments for children, the conference organizers were not very good at creating learning environments for adults. Although there were some opportunities for interaction, we mostly sat […]