Practical Strategies for Child Care Teachers and Early Childhood Professionals Every infant and toddler teacher has experienced it. A child bites another child during playtime. A toddler throws themselves onto the floor when it's time to clean up. An infant cries every time the teacher puts them down. Another toddler constantly hits, throws toys, or refuses to follow directions. These behaviors can be frustrating, especially when teachers are responsible for several young ch

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