Posted in Preschool News on May 26th, 2008
Carolyn and I have worked together in preschools for the last 14 years, and we turn 50 four days apart. So after being invited to lots of children’s birthday parties and eating hundreds of cupcakes at school, we decided to invite all of our school to a 50th birthday celebration on the last day [...]
Posted in Preschool News on May 11th, 2008
A mom asked me last week what she can do to help her child be ready for Kindergarten in a year— she’s in a three year old class right now and is the youngest in the class, and seems a bit delayed. My answer —”You cannot hurry development!” God made us to develop at our [...]
Posted in Preschool News on Apr 16th, 2008
Recently my school had a fundraiser, and while the moms were working to make the room beautiful for our auction I sat down with some of the kids. My friend, Jack, was there as we talked about the old woman who swallowed the fly and why she swallowed the fly and all the other creatures [...]
Posted in Preschool News on Apr 15th, 2008
I have been trying to follow the case of children in the polygomist cult in San Angelo. I’ve watched as those 416 children have been housed away from their families, and seen the sadness on the faces of the mothers as they try to understand what is happening to their families.
There is not a doubt in my mind [...]
Posted in Preschool News on Apr 12th, 2008
Some children are just funny! That is my friend Jack! He has a terrific sense of humor, a wild imagination, and is smart as a whip. He makes me laugh. If I were to ever write a book about funny things children have done or said, Jack would be a chapter unto himself.
My favorite happened at [...]