#EmergentWriting #Pre-Literacy

Recently, I was asked this question by a preschooler. It wasn't the first time I had heard this question and it won't be the last. In the...

Amy Chiu isn't my name. Or rather, it isn't the name that I was given at birth. I was born in Taiwan and spent my early childhood there...

Let's face it, working with young children is as challenging as it is wonderful and rewarding. Many of us are 'good' with children, but...

I recently found the above image on the web and it took me straight back to my childhood. I had the whole series of books when I was...

A little background...I am firmly in the play-based and developmental category of early childhood educators so process art is something...

Allow me to share a cautionary tale: When I first started teaching I was paired up with a more seasoned teacher who already had solid...

It started during the pandemic. I was the director of a preschool and it was around the time of Halloween. Halloween is usually a pretty...

Picture this: It's your first day at a new job. You're excited and also anxious about how the day will go. You enter your new office and...

Recently, I stepped away from a position as a director of a preschool program that I loved. I took this step to prioritize my health and...

If you've been teaching preschool for a while you have surely come across this phrase being wielded by a young child. Yes, wielded, like...

This was me when I was about 3 years old. I was the first-born, the responsible one, the good girl who listened and obeyed. In my early...

When I first started teaching preschool I had a fear that no one knew about which I had to confront head on as an adult. I was very...

If you are a play-based educator you are often having to field the question: What is my child learning as they play? It's tough to...

A major developmental task in early childhood is learning how to get along with others and making friends. For many of our preschoolers,...

I'm neat and organized by nature which means that mess can be personally triggering. It takes conscious effort for me to LET GO of...