Leah Zabari “You’re dehydrated”, my doctor replied after I went to his office complaining of frequent headaches and low energy levels at work. It didn’t dawn on me that my sympto...

by Erin DelRegno “To the world you may be one person; but to one person you may be the world.” – Dr. Seuss When discussing the importance of building positive relationships wi...

Angel Avery-Wright When an assessor walks into the room, one of the first things that catches our eye is the display: artwork, family photos, calendar, posters, and other photos....

By Stefanie Camoni School-age children come to our programs early in the morning and late in the day. They are engaged in academic learning at school and during out-of-school tim...

By Amy Hoffman Have you heard the news? The Program Quality Assessment (PQA) team at the Pennsylvania Key has a lot to offer to programs. You may already know that we (usually) c...

Barbara Bredell-Searle If you are familiar with the Environment Rating Scales, you may know that somewhere in each of the tools, it is expected that children have appropriate fur...

Natalie Grebe Pasta has been satisfying hungry stomachs all over the world for thousands of years. Athletes use it for carb loading. Restaurants feature it on menus. Parents use ...

Aimee Currier When I was a classroom teacher, every year we would read Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert. It was a great book to use across the curriculum from math to scie...

By Aimee Currier Apple pie, applesauce, apple juice, apple cider, apple jelly… what’s your favorite way to eat an apple? With Fall upon us and the air crisp and cool, we begin to...

Beth Simon *Before conducting the experiments below, make sure to check with parents and guardians about children’s allergies. Hands-on activities and experiments are a great ...

Lisa Mulliken As you are scrolling through our Let’s Talk Quality blog, you may start but not even finish reading this blog article! But what if it was read to you as you were dr...

by Tracy Walter We have all heard the phrase “laughter is the best medicine.” There is a reason for this phrase. Studies show that laughing can have short- and long-term benefits...

Natalie Grebe Its 9:00am in a preschool classroom. Two teachers have successfully orchestrated their class of 17 children to clean up their morning centers. One of the teachers c...

Kelli Harris National Friendship Day was originally founded by Hallmark in 1919. It was intended to be a day for people to celebrate their friendships by sending each other cards...

Michelle Mallonee Long First things first, relinquish control. Stop trying to control everything in the environment, the learning, the movements of the children. Open up your hea...

By Angel Avery-Wright Sharks! What’s the first thing that comes to mind? For me it’s Jaws, the movie. Seeing this movie as a child set me off into a span of time where I would no...

By: Lisa Mulliken Think about yourself as a child. Most likely, much of your time was spent exploring natural materials in your environment: digging for worms, lifting rocks in ...

Beth Simon “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” ― Charles M. Schulz White, milk, dark, frozen or hot, in bars, drops, chips or chunks, cho...

By Lisa Mulliken Barney the purple dinosaur, Wilson the volleyball, Snuffleupagus (my favorite!) and the Wild Things. What do all of these have in common? They are all imaginary ...

Submitted by Tracy Walter When first hearing about the LearnERS platform, there may be part of you despairing over the addition of another training and professional development t...