In these first months, infant development is continuous and rapid, marking this early period as the most rapid rate of developmental change.
Read More…Quality Caregiving Vital to Infant and Toddler Development
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Mimi Katano ’93MS: A Wheelock Family Theatre “Homecoming”
Mimi Katano ’93MS calls what will be her return to Wheelock Family Theatre (WFT) to direct A Year with Frog and Toad from April 15 to May 15 a “homecoming.”
Read More…Elizabeth Rose A’Vant ’80 Knew She Wanted To Be a Classroom Teacher
Wheelock College alumni Elizabeth Rose A’Vant ’80 says she knew she wanted to be a classroom teacher as early as when she was in first grade and her education at Wheelock equipped her to really prosper in the field.
Read More…Bringing Home Lessons from South Africa Service Learning Trip
The last part of our South Africa service learning journey took us to the Eastern Cape and the cities of Port Elizabeth and East London. Both offer sharp contrasts.
Read More…The Power of Play
It’s difficult for me to find anything to disagree with in Peter Gray’s article “Children are Suffering a Severe Play Deficit.” After I finished reading […]
Read More…Out of the box: Teach values, not gender
In his May 29th opinion piece , David Perry makes an admirable and vitally important call to “arm [our daughters] with the tools to question, […]
Read More…“Coming Out” Starts Way Before You Say, “I am Gay”
I came out of the closet publicly at the age of 28 years old. I had been with my soon-to-be ex-husband for almost nine years […]
Read More…The Case for Social and Emotional Learning
“Don’t give up, keep trying, you can do it!” These messages echo through Claudia Jaramillo’s second grade class at Hennigan Elementary in Jamaica Plain as […]
Read More…Influence a reader’s life
Nestled into a corner sits a child with his worn copy of The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (as it is proving to be […]
Read More…Ready for Relationships: Expanding the meaning of school readiness
To some, being “ready for kindergarten” conjures the image of a young child with an eager expression and pencil poised, ear tipped towards the teacher […]
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