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Planting Your Garden…
Summer is nearly here—in all of its glory! The sun is strong, the rain is gentle, and the flower and vegetable gardens are thriving. I don’t know who originally created the following ‘garden’, but...
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Beyond the Book—Coping with Change
In my work as director of several early childhood programs, one of the important lessons I learned was that, as in my life, the only constant was change! Just when I’d get the staffing set—teachers...
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Beginnings…
A new day! A new start! A new school year! As the Director of an Early Childhood program, I’ve always loved beginnings. What a gift! To start fresh—to take what I’ve learned from the previous year...
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Professionalism…
Each year, required reading for my teams of early childhood teachers and supervisors was an article by M. Parker Anderson entitled, “Professionalism: The Missing Ingredient for Excellence in the...
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Beyond the Book—Observe, Listen, and then, Act
The Japanese people have an expression, Kūki o yomu, read the air, which, in essence, means to take in one’s surroundings before acting; to take a few moments to use one’s senses; to observe and...
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Beyond the Book—Strategies for Weathering the Storms of Change
It is not the strongest of the species that survive,not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.—Charles Darwin And, isn’t that the truth In my work as director of several early...
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The Delicate Balance Between Work and Life
As the manager—of a home, a classroom, a school, an organization, a business— our weeks are filled with details—hundreds of details that need our attention. We must deal with hundreds of pieces of...
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Great Summer Reading…
Beginning to End is the book I needed when I accepted the Director position at my first child care center. I could have used a roadmap to navigate the ins and outs of being a leader and of building an...
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Your First Days as Director
Once you accept the position as Director of an early childhood program, your wheels will instantly begin turning. With enthusiasm, yes, but also with hundreds of questions—who, what, when, where, how,...
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A Gift for You…
I have two books to recommend to you! The first was published a few years ago. Its title is Beginning to End: The Life Cycle of a Child Care Center—A Director’s Story. Having opened four children’s...
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