In a Village by the Sea A wonderful story with lovely pictures. This book touches on missing someone while they’re away at work. It ends with a picture of the fisherman’s return, which often comforts tiny hearts.

Can I Play Too? This story never fails to get lots of laughter. It’s a discussion about finding accommodations for friends who can’t play the game we’re playing.

Extra Yarn   This is one of my favorite books. A girl who lives in a black and white town finds a box full of yarn of every color. What follows is a discussion about generosity and kindness, as she proceeds to knit for everyone and everything in her town. My only complaint about this […]

Grandpa Green   A story about a child’s great grandfather. Everything takes place in the grandfather’s garden, where the topiary illustrate the grandfather’s informative experiences. It is casually mentioned at the end that sometimes Grandpa Green forgets things. The story ends with the narrator sculpting a topiary of their great grandfather.   I will absolutely […]

Last Stop On Market Street   The story of a boy riding his bus in San Francisco. They leave church and ride to a soup kitchen, where they volunteer. A wonderful discussion about enjoying what’s around you and finding beauty everywhere.

Preschool teachers tend to have capitol O Opinions about how we discuss children’s artwork. This is not, by the way, to say that there is a single right way to do this. If there were, surely we would have found it and everyone would be taught how to do things the Right Way (TM).   We’re […]

  I have a relative who used to (and still does) second guess everything I ate. If I had a sandwich I ate the wrong kind of meat, if I had a salad there was no nutrition in it. As a result I became neurotic about what I ate, cycling rapidly between eating to an […]

Have you ever been at a playgroup or a park where kids will bash into each other, run someone over, or hit someone, then shout “sorry!” and run away, leaving the other child bawling on the ground?   I sure have. I’m not a fan of this behavior.   I do my best to teach […]

I value independence. My goal is for children to be able to do most self-maintenance tasks as early as possible. This means that I spend extra time teaching them things like how to wash their hands and how to pour milk. I teach them how to pick up after themselves. I teach them how to […]

Our school is labeled as an inclusive school, and that’s something that we feel passionate about. What, exactly, does that mean that we’re teaching your children? It means that when a child tells us their gender, we believe them. It means that we make an effort to respect the cultures in which these people in […]