HILLTOP EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES Helping Adults to Help Young Children
Preparing for a workshop on science for infants and toddlers, I asked some colleagues for input. Some suggested I bring special items to teach how to teach about certain aspects of science. MY point is that special lessons are unnecessary and interfere...
Every year, before Thanksgiving, there are “cute” images of turkeys. Children are taught poems and stories and songs about the turkey who got away, children waddle around going “gobble, gobble, gobble” and in many classrooms, they trace their hands to make a...
Sooner or later every child who isn’t homeschooled has to start school. Many parents are more anxious than the child. There are many books for young children about starting school. Some preschools allow parents to stay for a while (hours, days, weeks) and some don’t....
A consultant is hired by clients to help the client improve something or some things and/or services. This is rather basic. The ideal consultation works for all – the client (from the most senior members to the most junior members) and those who are...
For several years, the term “strength-based” has been used often. What, exactly, does it mean? It means literally, to focus and discuss what’s going well and what is working well for the situation and to bring about change from that perspective. Here’s an example...
Who ever thought that there were so many decisions to make when making a new website? First, you need a domain name. Fortunately, that part was done. I’ve had this domain name since early 2000. Then you have to research to find a host that’s offering...
Consultants are in business to help their clients. Program directors’ main job is to maintain full enrollment while making sure the program quality is the best it can be in all respects. Programs relate to families and children, consultants relate to...
Near the end of the movie “The Wizard of Oz”, the wizard reveals the balloon by which he intends to take Dorothy back to Kansas. He says, “I, your Wizard par ardua ad alta, am about to embark upon a hazardous and technically unexplainable journey into the...
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