NAEYC Conference Inspiration

Every year, around 20,000 early childhood educators descend upon an unsuspecting city and take root for a four day conference. I have been attending the Annual Conference of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) for 6 years now, and every year I go back home inspired …

Giving Thanks

Each year, my school does a service project around Thanksgiving to open up the world just a little bit to our preschoolers.  Empathy is a lifeskill that begins to develop at a young age, but it needs to be fostered.  Young children are egocentric and need to make an authentic …