Category Archives: working world

A Failed Experiment: A New Plan

Posted on February 22, 2009 by randomyriad

I started out this week intent on focusing on the light and got lost in a dense gray fog of fatigue and indifference ending in a black funk. I have no idea how things happen this way. This all ended … Continue reading →

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Bringing a Little Wonder Back to my Work

Posted on February 15, 2009 by randomyriad

I have worked in programs that are supportive of the kind of child led learning that I believe in, but often administrators pay lip service to it while piling on pre-written curricula and norm based goals which in my opinion … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts On Early Childhood Education

Posted on January 23, 2009 by randomyriad

I wrote these thoughts for a class I am taking as professional development. According to the NAEYC position on Developmentally Appropriate Practice, the field of Early Childhood Education in America faces three important challenges. There are increasing shortages in quality … Continue reading →

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Two Snow Day Bus Rides

Posted on December 18, 2008 by randomyriad

12/16 Today I  trudged through the snow to the bus stop and ride to work rather than risk the steep hill in our only car. Ice still rules the world and will continue to do so for at least another … Continue reading →

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The Word for World is Ice

Posted on December 15, 2008 by randomyriad

Somewhere in the world the sun shines gently and warm breezes shift the edges of curtains through windows open to the morning. Somewhere the afternoon sun forces people into the shade and the air ripples over pavement like blurred glass. … Continue reading →

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