The tail end of my Head Start experience included the task of evaluating programs for effectiveness (Forbes, personal communication,...

The National Center for Children in Poverty:  http://www.nccp.org/publications/pub_1194.html A focused, multifaceted war has been...

In describing a child's journey to self-realization, Gonzalez-Mena, and Eyer (2015), relate cultural influence to potential barriers and...

If there was one thing our school-mom said that will never be forgotten, it is that as an educator and caregiver of young children and...

To address family culture appropriately, it is important to exhibit flexibility as Smidt (2013, p. 85) compares it (culture) harmoniously...

The subject of family partnerships inevitably leads to a focus on the young child's relationship with the participating attachment...

The standards to which an early childhood care and education program have chosen to be accountable and the level of fidelity that is...

In several years working with children aged 0-72 months, just recently has there been an experience in which English was the only...

Evidence of a high-quality program can be observed in accordance with each nook and cranny of the assessment that is pertinent.  From a...

When reflecting on a definition of quality in regard to early childhood care and education, it is a personal goal to search for terms of...

Pulling from research gathered during field and case studies, observations and reflection on early childhood language gurus have created...

It is an unusual phenomenon when a socially and medically relevant term such as toxic stress is defined by the potential response that...

Oh, the wonderful world of technology-based educational tools. Through previous posts, personal opinions of technology and its influence...

One of the first things encouraged during an initial coaching cycle with a new team was to see how many ways they could deviate from a...

This subject hits very close to home as we have two media-crazed children. Our youngest is six and well within the early childhood realm....

When reflecting on a spectrum of developmental characteristics, the multicultural aspect is one that encompasses both intrinsic and...

I had a built in passion to make a real contribution to the world…I wanted to do that through teaching. Louise Derman-Sparks. Laureate...

Sylvia Chard (right) The best project topics are those that enable children to strengthen their natural dispositions to be interested,...

The driving force behind the content and specific personnel preparation activities is the basic question, “What do we need to know and do...

When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry, by Molly Bang has influenced professional and personal interactions with young children...