An interesting retweet appeared in my Twitter feed recently. It was from Vroom. “Vroom? What’s that?”, I wondered. Upon further investigation, I discovered Vroom to be an excellent source of brain building activities for young children from birth through five. …
Jennifer Cluley is the newest member of the Best Practices team, having joined us as Associate Project Director about three months. She has jumped in with both feet this fall, training new assistant teachers in developmentally appropriate practice and facilitating …
Back in the summer, a number of us from the Best Practices team had the opportunity to attend an early childhood education conference in Salt Lake City. We brought back many, wonderful things that we have been able to share …
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Meghan Welch is a PhD Fellow at Best Practices and has been with the team since 2011. Her areas of interest and study include child development, digital literacies, and issues of equitable access around participatory digital practices Quite often, she …
I always prided myself on my classroom and behavior management skills. My students were generally well behaved; special area teachers (art, music, PE, etc) often told me my class was the best behaved of any that they taught. Other teachers …