Erin DelRegno Evans “Childhood is not a race to see how quickly a child can read, write, and count. It is a small window of time to learn and develop at the pace that is right for each individual child. Earlier is not better.”           − Magda Gerber There’s a reason people...Read More

Beth Simon  It’s not a matter of opinion. Kids tell THE. WORST. JOKES. Here’s the thing – it’s totally developmentally appropriate. Kids are learning the rhythm of stringing words together and the pattern of asking a question, getting a response, and delivering the punchline. But why are they just so awful at it? Kids tell...Read More

By Aimee Currier When I have a stressful day, I like to turn to music to help me decompress. Some days I need to play some soft, quiet music. Other days, the louder the better. I can even remember back to when I was a child and I would play the piano in a way...Read More

Aimee Currier   I will never forget the time a child, on her first day in our school, asked me a question that was both illogical (from a teacher perspective) and logical (from a child perspective). It was time to get ready for rest time. This child, blanket in hand, approached me and said, “Ms....Read More

By Michelle Long Have you ever been shopping with your child? Does it go something like . . . “I want this,” “Can I have this?” “I need this,” “Just one little thing,” “Pleeeaase!!!” Do you start off with appropriate responses that swiftly escalate alongside the pleading? “Not today,” “We are just getting a few...Read More

The Pennsylvania Key PQA Team is supporting researchers at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill to examine the widely used program observation instrument, the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, Third Edition (ECERS-3). The ECERS-3 is a global quality assessment used in classrooms serving children ages 3-5...Read More

Regina Wright As a director I could have benefited from learning more about business practices particularly financial reports and internal controls. I must admit when reviewing the job description, I wasn’t very experienced with some of the financial terms. While I had some previous marketing and recruitment experience, I had only budgeted my own household....Read More

By Kelli Harris I recently watched a webinar on setting up intentional preschool classroom displays. Although most of the information was not new to me, it provided me with some new things to think about when I look inside a classroom. Read More