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Early care and education providers are re-entering their classrooms and considering how to make them safe, welcoming places for young children. The staff at the Early Childhood Center at Brooklyn College transformed their classrooms in 2017 from traditional early childhood environments to minimalistic, child-led, sensory rich spaces. Karina Casillas, a pre-school teacher at the center…
Early care and education providers are re-entering their classrooms and considering how to make them safe, welcoming places for young children. The staff at the Early Childhood Center at Brooklyn College transformed their classrooms in 2017 from traditional early childhood environments to minimalistic, child-led, sensory rich spaces. Karina Casillas, a pre-school teacher at the Center…
In 2019, the New York State Early Childhood Advisory Council in collaboration with New York Works for Children released the Revised New York State Early Learning Guidelines: A Child Development Resource for Educators of Children Ages Birth Through Eight. This resource was developed in collaboration with partners and advisors from NY Early Childhood Professional Development…
Even as private and contracted childcare programs are reopening across the city, it remains uncertain how district schools will reopen. The NYC DOE has planned for a blended model that would allow schools to reduce the number of students per day in classrooms. However blended learning does not address the role district schools play in…
Learning how to engage with my 2-year-old students online. I feel like my co-teacher and I are just another YouTube video they are watching on the screen. They don’t stay interested long (of course) but because we’re not teaching in person they can’t be redirected easily and we can’t easily follow the child’s lead. We…
With half of childcare programs in New York State on the brink of permanent closure, early care and education providers’ role as advocates has never been more important. Local leaders recently formed the Brooklyn Coalition for Early Childhood Programs to demand that Congress provide the necessary funding for child care centers, home based providers, and…
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To be an early care and education professional is to be an activist. It is our job and our joy to foster young children’s healthy sense of self and sense of belonging, to teach fairness and empathy. It is also our job to center the voices of Black and Indigenous People of Color whose leadership…
Early care and education providers seeking to strengthen their social justice practice can start with these resources. NAEYC Advancing Equity Position Statement The Advancing Equity Position Statement describes how early care and education professionals can fulfill their professional obligation to embrace diversity and full inclusion as strengths, uphold fundamental principles of fairness and justice, and…
Over two months into the shut down, we hear from educators in New York City that fewer and fewer young children are showing up for remote learning. That makes sense from a child development perspective. Young children learn in relationships, through interactions with the loving people who care for their individual needs. While video conferencing…
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