The building has finally begun to quiet down after a busy morning of arrivals. The children are situated in their classrooms with a few holdouts still registering their protests, but all in all, it is business as usual. The stillness allows some brief time for contemplation. For some unfathomable reason I have been thinking about [...]
I started thinking about this posting long before my fingertips hit the keyboard. In real life, there is a definitive beginning and ending for most events and situations. We often focus our attention on these two points and spend very little time or attention on the space in between. For instance, we feel the first [...]
Monday marked the 100 year anniversary of International Women’s Day. It is a perfect time to reflect on where we came from, who we are and where we are going. For centuries it has been implied and women have been told that we are inferior to the male species and on some level that is [...]
Life in a preschool is filled with mistakes. Some mistakes are big and some small. Some that cause others harm and still others which are harmless; the experience of making mistakes is part and parcel with learning. That may be why we have so many different names to use for them: Blunder, slip-up, gaffe, faux [...]
Grace L. Geller holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education from Queens College, and an Advanced Level Director’s Credential. Ms. Geller has been a validator for NAEYC and A.I.S.F. as well as a DCF trainer for Nova Southeastern University. She has authored articles on childcare, parenting and curriculum featured in: “Our City Weston”, “City Magazine”, “Today’s Parent”, and “Broward Family”.
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