Do you know what ICE is? I’m not talking about what you put in your drink to keep it cool. ICE stands for In Case of Emergency. I have several contacts in my cell phone, namely my husband, my sister and my father, who are designated as ICE contacts if something were ever to happen [...]
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Congratulations to Kristi Kirinch of The Dayton Association for Young Children on winning a copy of Mind in the Making! Thanks to all of our readers and everyone who shared the blog. If you didn’t win or are interested in learning more, why not register for the “Mind in the Making” training modules? The series [...]
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I recently had the amazing opportunity to join my southwest Ohio friends at a “Mind in the Making” training in Columbus. A national campaign, “Mind in the Making: The Science of Early Learning” is a collaborative effort between the Families and Work Institute and the New Screen Concepts over the past eight years. It was [...]
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Music has always been near and dear to my heart. For as long as I can remember, I have been singing and dancing, and they are two of my favorite things to do as an adult. Neither of my parents were very musical, but they always encouraged music to be a part of our home. [...]
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As I was strolling through the grocery store this weekend I found “snack packs” of everything: pudding, crackers, apple slices and cookies. I overheard young children repeatedly asking their parent to buy the cookies because “they were on sale.” Now, I am guilty of buying snack packs for myself to include in my lunch or [...]
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Recently I visited my sister and three-year-old nephew. When I visit he is always ready to play; he loves to play with his cars and to play “indoor hockey.” At one point during my visit he brought an armful of books over to me and said, “Becky, will you read to me?” Of course I [...]
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A few weeks ago there was a blog at Suburp about reading fairy tales to young children and whether it’s appropriate or not. You know the ones: “Snow White,” “Hansel and Gretel,” “Little Red Riding Hood”-we’ve heard them all. When she writes about a fairy tale where the “children are abandoned in the woods because [...]
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As I sipped my coffee watching the Early Childhood Directors filter into the Sharonville Convention Center this past Friday, I marveled at the commitment of this group of professionals. It was an unseasonably warm, sunny day and they were making the choice to attend 8 hours of training. Yes, there was yummy food inside, and [...]
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With the weather getting cooler, days getting shorter and people spending more time indoors, I’m hearing a lot of excuses to keep children indoors when we should be doing the opposite. I don’t understand why so many early childhood educators do not take children outdoors! It can be 75 degrees with a slight breeze and [...]
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I’ll say it right from the beginning: I don’t like video games. It’s strange that I feel that way because my fiancé plays video and computer games like they’re going out of style, most of my friends are gamer geeks and I come from the so-called “Nintendo generation.” I’ve heard nostalgic stories of first video [...]
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