100 Day Project – Day 53 – 10:14 pm “Education, for most people, means trying to lead the child to resemble the typical adult of his society…but for me, education means making creators…you have to make inventors, innovators, not conformists.” Jean Piaget I’ve just purchased the newly published Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson (although […]
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100 Day Project – Day 53 – Innovators
November 7th, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Day Project – Day 53 – Innovators · 100 Days Project, Books, Children, College students, Education, Important People, Quote of the Week, Reading
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100 Day Project – Day 35 – Einstein
October 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Day Project – Day 35 – Einstein · 100 Days Project, Books, Important People, Musings, Reading
100 Day Project – Day 35 – 9:20 p.m. Yes, that is right. Today I’m thinking about Einstein. I’m reading his biography. I really enjoy biographies. It’s a really great way to learn so much about a lot of things; not just the person the book is written about. Of course, this assumes, a well-written […]
100 Day Project – Day 31 – Llama llama!
October 6th, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Day Project – Day 31 – Llama llama! · 100 Days Project, Books, Children, College students, Fundraiser, Reading, Teaching & Learning, Website of the Week, Work
100 Day Project – Day 31 – 8:57 p.m. Today I read Llama Llama Red Pajama – not once – but twice! Did you? As part of JumpStart’s Read for the Record Program, I enjoyed reading the book to a group of early childhood pre-service teachers, and a group of women who donated books and […]
Picture books, play and Halloween
October 28th, 2009 · Comments Off on Picture books, play and Halloween · Books, Children, Musings
” What does Halloween have to do with children’s play, and picture books?” Did you know about this other blog I write for? It’s a great resource with thoughts, book suggestions, tips and more for bringing drama to the early childhood classroom. PictureBook Plays is more than taking the three popular well-behaved kids in the […]
Where the Wild Things Are
October 18th, 2009 · Comments Off on Where the Wild Things Are · Books, Children, family, Musings
Many years ago when I was the mother of a two-year-old child whose temper tantrums alongside moments of brilliant cognitive insights just about did me in, a fellow mom whose children were in their teens said to me: “Remember this day, a day when you’re sure you could eat them alive. But they get older, […]
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