Acknowledging children’s efforts
To be able to acknowledge effort, we need to be able to not only see the effort, but honor and respect it.
Assessment, the big picture: What is it? Why do it?
Most early care programs are required to do assessments, and funding is often linked to documented assessments, but the assessment process is not a once-and-done task.
Reflections to move forward: Gaining insights from your work
At the end of your day working with children, you probably do what a lot of early childhood practitioners do: Spend time thinking about what happened during your day. You often are too busy in the actual moment of working with children to really stop and think about all that is going on. Is it really that important to reflect on your work?
