Creating Routines and Expectations

Creating Routines and Expectations

Routines provide the two key ingredients necessary for learning: relationships and repetition. For most of us, our lives involve a series of patterns—routines we perform almost every day, like stopping at the same place each day for coffee on the way to work. This is...
Outdoor Play and Nature for Toddlers

Outdoor Play and Nature for Toddlers

Children love to explore the colors, textures, sights and sounds of nature, and research tells us that playful learning activities that make use of natural materials contribute to children’s physical, social-emotional and cognitive development. Nature-based...
Encouraging a Growth Mindset in Preschool

Encouraging a Growth Mindset in Preschool

During the first years of life, children’s brains make rapid neural connections that equip them to discover the world around them, develop a sense of identity, and learn how to learn. As early learning providers, we can help the little ones in our care during their...
Learning in the Early Years

Learning in the Early Years

Effective learning in the early years is crucial for a child’s holistic development, setting the foundations for future academic success and lifelong learning. As effective educators we need to understand how a child learns so we can help them develop the...