The impact our daily interactions have on one another is profound. And, research has proven that meaningful educator-child interactions can impact ...
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Originally published October 12, 2021: Colleen Schmit reflects on burnout in especially trying school years. We’re more than a month into the school ...
Originally published October 18, 2021 There is always an opportunity for interaction. Some opportunities are easily recognizable: times of play, free ...
Originally published March 21, 2022 In recent years, mindfulness has gained popularity in our society, including in the early childhood education ...
What are open-ended prompts? Open-ended prompts are questions or statements that support children’s verbal and nonverbal communication. The purpose ...
Imagine you’re a cook in a restaurant. It’s what you do every day, you are passionate about it, and consider yourself pretty darn good at it. One ...
Can we talk about structure? When CLASS® entered my life, I was 20 years into my career in the field of early childhood education. What I remember ...
Imagine classrooms filled with children who are comfortable taking risks, sharing ideas, and working cooperatively with their peers. Can this become ...
If you've ever been through a CLASS Observation training, you are probably familiar with the graphic below. Research tells us that improving ...
Originally published Jan 23, 2020 by Allie Kallmann A few years into teaching early childhood, I applied to work at a school that does incredible ...