We’ve all been there – the moment of pure rebellion. We love our kids, cherish their growth, even applaud their moves toward autonomy, but when things turn extra dark in an instant and the kiddos go nuclear, it can be hard to know what to do. Do you stay calm? Yell something? Cede the floor […]
I’d like to start this blog with a quick discussion of a subject that comes up often in my conversations with parents: multitasking. Specifically, whether letting kids do a million things at once teaches them flexibility, or destroys their ability to focus. The arguments line up about as you might expect. In one camp, the flexibility crowd […]
Welcome to the Culver City Preschool blog! I started this blog because I get asked a lot of questions about early childhood education, specifically how best to support, understand and harness the incredible curiosity of little minds. Even though I always take the time to answer our parents’ questions at the preschool, I thought it might be useful […]