“Parents are their CHILD’S FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT TEACHER.” Dear Parents, You’ve heard it said that “play is the child’s work.” This is s...

Several years ago I read Richard Louv’s book LAST CHILD IN THE WOODS: SAVING OUR CHILDREN FROM NATURE-DEFICIT DISORDER. It reminded me that ...

Brain researchers, pediatricians, educators, child psychologists, and theorists all agree that we must protect and preserve PLAY! It is int...

Birds do it. Kittens do it. Even chimpanzee In the zoo do it. Why can’t  Little children Do it, too? PLAY! That beautiful little four lett...

PLAY needs to be the early childhood mantra for 2026. For the next 10 days I'm going to focus on play, play, play! WHY IS PLAY DISAPP...

  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESUS!   MY WISH... I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in  jars and open a jar of it every month.  Harlan...

  I'M DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS! When I was a little girl I got ONE thing for Christmas. Seriously! One thing! And I was happy. I us...