Recently, while sitting in a classroom during one of my consulting visits, I noticed something that stayed with me. A little African American girl kept picking up one particular book from the classroom library—Nana and Granddaughters, one of the children's books I authored. She would pick it up, look through it, put it down, and eventually return to it again. As I watched her, I couldn't help but wonder: What was drawing her back to that particular book? Perhaps it was the pi

Looking for a simple, beautiful way to document children's growth while strengthening family partnerships? If you're like most early childhood educators, you know how quickly children's milestones happen. One day they're learning to hold a pencil, and before you know it, they're confidently writing their name. Without a system in place, many of those precious moments can be forgotten. That's exactly why I created the Child Portfolio Binder Pages. Designed specifically for fam

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I may remember. Involve me and I learn." While this quote has been shared for generations, it perfectly captures one of the most effective approaches to teaching young children—experience-based learning. In early childhood education, children are naturally curious. They don't learn best by sitting quietly and listening to long explanations. They learn by touching, experimenting, exploring, questioning, creating, and interacting with the wor