Encouraging Adventure

Joan Almon is the founder of the Alliance for Childhood and author of numerous publications on the need for reform Continue reading →

Digital Media in Early Education: Avoiding Extremes?

The old adage claims that politics makes strange bedfellows; if so, policy sometimes makes for unusual adversaries. The exploding market Continue reading →

Early Childhood Teachers Come to the Defense of Play: WNYC New York

This article from WNYC in New York is one of an ever-increasing number of reports describing the benefits–and critical necessity–of Continue reading →

Interactive Play’s Impact on Underdeveloped Children: From NPR

Here is an interesting report from National Public Radio regarding long-term impact of intentional, interactive play between parents and children Continue reading →

Flights of Fancy: Harvard Medical School on Play

More insight from Harvard, this time in the Harvard Medical School Online Newsletter. In the Winter/Spring Issue, devoted to the Continue reading →

How Raven Stole the Sun

This lovely book, by Maria Williams with illustrations by Felix Vigil, is a retelling of an historical legend common to Continue reading →