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 …

Don’t Sell the Picture Book Short!

If you are a parent, or a teacher of young children, how many picture books do you read to a child each day?  Can you imagine a life without picture books?  In my kindergarten class, the picture book and the characters within are the heroes of the day.  Twenty to …