Taking Care: The Importance of Individual and Collective Self-Care
Taking Care: The Importance of Individual and Collective Self-Care “…learning to consciously extend ourselves to one another and call on one another’s strengths is a lifesaving strategy. In the best of circumstances, we require an enormous amount of mutually consistent support to be able to look straight into the face of the powers aligned against […]
Fostering Early Self-Regulation and Social Skills
Fostering Early Self-Regulation and Social Skills When thinking of child development and school readiness, family members and educators alike tend to focus on academic skills. Students’ early literacy and mathematics skill development feels critical, and it is! Many families and educators worry about children falling behind in these areas. However, another key domain of child development and school readiness […]
Winter is Coming: Get Your Mid-Year PALS Gear Ready!
Winter is Coming: Get Your Mid-Year PALS Gear Ready! PALS Team While we don’t have any sanity-saving tips for managing 25 soggy winter hats, gloves, and boots from the Pre-K and K students in your classroom this winter, we do have some tips for how you can prepare for Mid-Year PALS! Tip #1 – Update […]
Recharging for the New Year and Beyond: An Inner Energy Guide
Recharging for the New Year and Beyond: An Inner Energy Guide Anna DeLong LCSW, CEAP, Mindfulness Teacher A long journey’s success will be impacted by how well you refuel along the way. If you want to drive across the country in your car, there is no way to do this successfully without pausing to pull […]
The Results Are In! Analyzing Your Feedback from the VKRP Spring 2021 Survey
The Results Are In! Analyzing Your Feedback from the VKRP Spring 2021 Survey Feedback is Our Fuel Giving and receiving feedback is an essential part of supporting growth and improvement in our world of education. Students rely on constructive feedback every day to learn and grow. Teachers rely on feedback to enhance their practice, and […]
A Moment of Reflection and Gratitude: Statewide Implementation of VKRP Still Going Strong Thanks to YOU!
A Moment of Reflection and Gratitude: Statewide Implementation of VKRP Still Going Strong, Thanks to YOU! A message from the Virginia Department of Education’s Division of Early Childhood Care and Education Guest Author: Dr. Tamilah Richardson, Director of Early Childhood Learning Two years ago, statewide implementation of the Virginia Kindergarten Readiness Program (VKRP) for all […]
