Because a child’s imagination is Nature’s classroom
Guest Contributor: Cathy Puett Miller, “The Literacy Ambassador” Today’s families are busy (and scheduled) more than ever. With grocery carts that provide a toy car to ride in (far away from Mom or Dad) and DVD players in cars, there can be too many “no talk” zones. And why is that important? Because, as Dr. Catherine [...]
In the Sunday, May 3 edition of the New York Times Magazine, Peggy Orenstein writes about the rise of testing and academics, and the demise of play in kindergarten. Her article, Kindergarten Cram, prominently features an important report published in March by the Alliance for Childhood. The report, Crisis in the Kindergarten; Why Children Need [...]
