Welcome
Welcome to the Early Learning Success Blog. This is a place for sharing thoughts and ideas that support the field of early childhood.
I have worked with families and children for over 30 years. I am passionate about quality care and education for our young children. Please read more about me and my professional accomplishments on the About Us page.
The intent of this blog is to engage in thoughtful conversation that discusses important issues for early childhood professionals. The topics of the articles will include current research in the field of early childhood, best practices that support children, and activities and ideas that are purposeful and intentional in addressing all domains of development.
We welcome your professional comments and ideas that will continue to support the field of early childhood.
Nancy
Early Childhood Programs Promote Learning Through Play
Play is a very important part of early childhood programs, and should be a major component included every day! Children are learning through all of the activities in which they are involved. The early childhood [...]
Safe Guarding All of Us During this COVID19 Outbreak
As we are all concerned with the COVID19 virus outbreak, I wanted you to have the current information from Child Care Aware, the national organization for child care professionals. Please click on the link below [...]
Setting the Stage for Success
When I am pondering something, there are questions I ask myself in order to find an answer: • What • Why • How These questions work well when thinking about quality in early childhood education [...]
School Readiness Activities
Part II: School Readiness Activities The following activities are from the Minnesota Parent Center, MN PIRC, a project of PACER CENTER. The activities are fun, easy to do, and do not require any special materials. [...]
What Is School Readiness?
This is the first of a 2-part series. It seems that parents, caregivers, and the community-at-large are often confronted with the idea of ‘school readiness’ and how important it is for our children. Many State’s [...]