Do you wonder how experts in working with early learners address children's behavior and motivate them to be their best selves? If you are a family member, teacher or anyone who impacts the lives of young children, join Alison Kentos (Early Childhood Teacher) & Cindy Terebush (Early Childhood Consultant & Author) to find out how a preschool teacher and early childhood consultant do what they do every day!
Cindy Terebush, author of "Teach the Whole Preschooler: Strategies for Nurturing Developing Minds" is a sought after presenter and consultant. She has spent more than 20 years working with young children and families.
Alison Kentos has over 20 years of experience being a teacher, leader and advocate in the early childhood field. Alison currently works as a preschool teacher for Jefferson Township Board of Education in New Jersey.
It's like assigned seating- yikes. So not appropriate! It's that micromanagement that some think we need to have over our children in class, they need to be three, let them play and be social as they wish, they're not in elementary school.
Yes! It is important that we give children some decision-making opportunities, especially regarding where they will sit and who they will interact with. Unless there is behavioral support needed, they can use their growing cognitive skills to find their own comfort zones. Thanks for being one of our Preschool Peeps! Cindy
Great content! Subscribed! I'm glad they added art because it's not antithetical to science, since both require creativity. A perfect example is Leonardo DaVinci. As a Renaissance man, Da Vinci was definitely a STEAM person: scientist, technologist, engineer, artist, and mathematician.
Listened to your podcast - two things. 1) please don’t use the word “tribe” as it’s disrespectful to Indigenous communities. 2) even if a child could make a mothers/Father’s Day craft for another person, I hear older kids say they hated having to do that every year. I personally think mothers and Father’s Day does not belong in the classroom. I had a centre where students could create a card if they wanted, but it was not forced on them.
Melanie - Thank you for your feedback and sharing that you gave children a choice. While there are many observances that may not belong in classrooms, it is so hard to get people to stop doing them. Choice is a great step toward that!
Best podcast, I listen to you ladies every day and sometimes repeat episodes just to refresh my memory with the wonderful resources and advise you impart....Wish SPOTIFY would enable the stars rating, I would rate you 5 stars!
If we picture all that, it will be so sad. I just think about my little kids..As a teacher you try so hard to make them feel happy and enjoy learning inside the classroom, but now :(
Resources from Teaching Tolerance about trama-informed distance learning are a start. Then the curriculum needs to be examined in each setting. The "wasting time" comment has to do more with the emphasis on "catching up when we return" and that sort of thinking than the juggling of figuring it all out. Part of figuring it out should be beefing up distance learning.
I discovered this podcast during lockdown and I have listened to them all and can’t wait. It’s been refreshing as a preschool teacher myself and a male, in particularly enjoyed the males in early years podcast. Could you maybe do a podcast on what you except to see in terms of areas of provisions in an early years classroom? I understand that it should also be based around the kids interests and ever changing to accommodate them. ❤️
I am felling so sad, too. I cannot imagine. I am thinking about our start on September. I just can think about my students, how preschoolers can handle it, some of them come to school for the first time. It is not going to be the best experience for them. I will try to make them happy and will adapt the new rules but always thinking about them first.
We have to put our best foot forward for the children and it will be difficult. I was observing a class today that has the most personable and intelligent student. He was adorable, fun to watch, and it made me sad that this is his world. Cindy
Special subjects can be online (computer art, music, another languages) maybe afternoon classes when kids are at home with their family. I cannot imagine how parents can work if their child isn't at school the whole day(as a parent I do not want to send my kids to school but at the same time I need to work)
I think we need places for kids when their parents work but they may not be the big buildings we are used to. Alison and I have discussed having youth centers that are smaller and less populated, for example.
