Lisa Mulliken “A person’s name is to him or her the sweetest and most important sound in any language.” – Dale Carnegie. Think about your classroom at the beginning of the s...

Pam Schaffner The assessment team in PA is often asked if they have any tips to make meeting quality standards easier. Since they have experience visiting many programs in their ...

Kelli Harris It’s no secret that summer is the perfect time to indulge in ice cream. Its cold and creamy texture can really satisfy on a hot summer day. According to Ecreamery, ...

More kids are growing up socially withdrawn and even depressed because they form a habit of bottling up their thoughts and feelings. A study on NCBI indicates that this is usually...

Barbara Bredell-Searle Well another year is here and one of the biggest New Year’s Resolution that is often quoted is “I am going to start eating better…” You don’t have to wait...

Leah Zabari I think we can all agree that reading books to children is important for so many reasons. As early childhood educators and professionals, we are constantly reading bo...

Patty Carroll The PA Key website includes tools for providers who have received ERS reports and would like to use the information in the reports to improve quality child care pra...

Kitty Syster Teaching science and nature concepts to preschool children can be difficult. One activity to help children understand why recycling is important is to create recycli...

By Natalie Grebe This recipe gives teachers many opportunities to incorporate learning into snack time. While making the snack, utilize the time to review colors, discuss how the...

Arrealia Gavins Bainum Family Foundation At the Bainum Family Foundation , we’re working to expand the availability of high-quality early learning seats for infants and toddlers...

Leah Zabari Do you ever wonder what the point is to be answering some of the questions the assessors ask during the interview portion of the ERS observation? Some of them might s...

Stefanie Camoni Being in the field of early childhood for over 12 years has given me the opportunity to meet so many people. All have taught me something about myself and my prof...

Natalie Grebe Many people think of young children as loud, talkative creatures with never-ending energy. It seems that wherever you go, you see children playing, chatting, and en...

Regina Wright “A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove… but the world may be different beca...

Michelle Mallonee Long I recently spent a few days hanging out with a (very special to me) three- year old. During that time, we gathered a bunch of nature supplies (leaves, twig...

Kweli Archie Over 20 years ago, I worked as a family child care provider. I operated a family child care business for six years and enjoyed every time of it! Working from home ...

Kelli Harris The Branagh Information Group, in partnership with the authors of the Environment Rating Scales (ERS), are in the process of developing LearnERS, an online Continuou...

Pam Schaffner The program quality assessment team in PA is often asked if they have any tips or strategies to make meeting quality standards easier. Since they have experiences v...

By Amy Hoffman One of my first loves was my kindergarten teacher. Ms. Lemon was always kind and taught me all kinds of important things. I learned how to share when using the eas...

Kweli Archie and Amy Hoffman Amy: I was recently with friends who were discussing how much joy they receive from spending time with their grandchildren. I mentioned how important...