Preschool Times

From Preschool to Kindergarten…

Grace Geller — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:24:31 +0000

The school telephone has been very busy these last two weeks as we fielded two different types of phone calls. One was the predictable call from parents checking on their child’s adjustment to the preschool setting, the other (also predictable) parents of recent graduates, now in Kindergarten. The last few weeks I’ve shared some of

A New School Year:

Grace Geller — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:48:46 +0000

Fall 2010 school year has begun in our preschool and the classrooms are bustling with activity. The front desk’s phones are ringing and the administrative staff is busy checking on the children who have been left in our charge. From the back of the school we can hear a mixture of happy and sad voices.

Keeping calm in the back to school frenzy:

Grace Geller — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:20:37 +0000

It is way pass my deadline for writing this week’s blog and I find myself short of breath. Teachers and administrators have been rushing from place to place. We are all so busy getting the building ready to turn back into a school……. While still running a camp! As I look out my office door

What makes a teacher good or even great?

Grace Geller — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:48:21 +0000

Class assignments went out this week and the phone calls from parents began to trickle in. Each person had a different idea of what made a teacher a “good one.” Some parents want their child to be with their “friends,” others felt the teacher’s personality better suited their child’s personality, and still others were curious

Preschoolers and the power of NOW…

Grace Geller — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:46:08 +0000

The beauty of working with young children is that they continuously teach us what we routinely forget; to enjoy what we are doing while we are doing it. They find fun and joy wherever they are and in whatever they are doing. As we grow older we tend to forget that we need to

Selecting your child’s Preschool?

Grace Geller — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:55:30 +0000

I am happy and alarmed to report about an ongoing study which has been tracking over 1,300 children in group care since 1991. So far, the study’s findings found obedience and academic problems among those who received low-quality care during their first 4½ years of life and persisted through their 15th birthday. The quality care

Preschool Swimmer

Grace Geller — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:59:57 +0000

Having observed many natural teachers in my career, I can easily envision the learning environments in the classrooms and the innate mannerism of these women as teachers. What a pleasure it would be to learn in their classrooms. They joyfully reinforced the child’s attempts at independence while allowing her to move at her

Happy Belated Father’s Day…

Grace Geller — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:55:35 +0000

My husband and I sat under the shade of our beach umbrella enjoying the quiet sounds of the surf. The man adjacent to us was quietly moving through his asana and meditation. As the world began to wake up, families claimed their areas of the beach. Slightly in front of us a young family put

Teaching the Core Value of Empathy to your Preschooler…

Grace Geller — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:02:52 +0000

Every day I open the newspaper and read the leading news stories as well as the editorials. I turn on the television news and I see the networks version of what is important. It is a very complicated world out there and I ponder; how can we prepare children to be safe while at the

One Hundred Weeks of Posts!

Grace Geller — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:39:48 +0000

Today I celebrate my one hundredth week of posts. So what is so special about 100 that we choose to use it as a yardstick for judgment? Well, it is a nice round number. But why do we use the number 100 to judge: presidents, wars and businesses. Americans latched on to the significance of