In the classroom you never know what you will be confronted with on a daily basis. You never know what you might take home with you as well- it can go from least severe such as a common cold to the worse, bedbugs. Of course you don’t think about it everyday but you do have […]
Your Kids Are What You Eat- Food Power Conference With MomsRising
After attending the Food Power Conference to Reverse Childhood Obesity hosted by MomsRising.org, I walked away with a whole new perspective. The inspirational and empowering conference had me analyzing the demographics where I live and contemplating the things we place in our bodies due to certain life circumstances. We were given a wealth of information […]
4 Reasons You Are An Unprofessional Educator
Teaching for many years I have come across a lot of things that let’s just say have “embarrassed” me to even be a teacher myself. The children are wonderful, some things I can just do without, but the one thing that always drove me wild and I have had on my mind for a while […]
Avoiding RSV in Daycares and Preschools
This weblink is to prove how important proper care is. As an educator since the age of twenty-one, I have been introduced to all types of contagious illnesses. I found the most susceptible stage of my career was when I was a Director of a Preschool in Coney Island, Brooklyn. We had various cases of […]
Happy Chinese New Year!
The first day of the Chinese New Year will be celebrated on Sunday, February 10th. This year is the year of the snake, which is also known as the “junior dragon”. Within the chinese culture it is said that the person born during the year of the snake is a very smart person. As in […]