by Katie Danna-Poston, Cohort 10 Over the past few years, I have practiced being more intentional about recognizing the joy present in the ordinary moments of everyday life. It seems the simple practice of jotting down the glimmers, or small moments that spark joy, helps to prime my brain to take note of and experience …
by Lisa Matter (9) Last year, I wrote about how the devastation our beloved early childhood field is experiencing feels like the devastation of a forest fire…and how something will come next even if we can’t yet see it. One way to approach determining what comes next is to plant it ourselves. Sometimes this can …
by Amy Chato, Cohort 14 For the past year and a half, I have had the honor of managing the early learning programs for YouthPower365, a non-profit organization in Eagle County, including The Magic Bus. The Magic Bus is our mobile preschool program that provides free preschool classes to 3-5 year olds in various neighborhoods throughout …
by Joan Scheuerman (10) I have had the privilege for about nine years now to be a part of a restorative circle called Peace Keeper circles in early childhood classrooms. Sitting in circle with young children – ages 3 to 5 – has been an interesting and humbling part of my growth as an early childhood …
“In the weeks since my preschool inside a public school has closed my team and I have developed a website, created interactive lesson plans to share with all families, individualized interactive home learning documents to share with our families with children with special needs. We’ve reached out to families in multiple languages, helped families navigate …
