Parenting With Teacher Nancy

Parents today hear that it is important to get your child academically ready for school, making sure that direct instruction is used at their child's academic preschool.  But most of the research show the same result, that kids in academic preschools do not have advantages over those in play based preschools, in fact, it shows the opposite.  Kids who went to play based preschools tend to like school more, are less stressed about school, are more creative, and perform better academically and socially.  Here's a recent article from Washington Post that expands on this. Why Kids Deserve a Preschool That Lets Them Play If you're looking for more information about types of preschools, here's a link to Past Preschool Resources BOOK DISCUSSION This semester we are reading   Parenting from the Inside Out by Daniel Siebel and Mary Hartzell.    This week of October 10, we will be discussing  Chapter 7, in the Monday class only , next week we will discuss...

It is sometimes difficult to watch our children just play, because they occasionally choose danger.  Sometimes we just have to let them take healthy risks, despite how hard it is for us parents to watch.  This is a fascinating article that I post every semester. The Overprotected Kid Consider This: Do you tend to be an overprotecter? Were you overprotected? Why or why not would you take your child to this type of playground? BOOK DISCUSSION This semester we are reading   Parenting from the Inside Out by Daniel Siebel and Mary Hartzell.    This week of October 10, we will be discussing  Chapter 6.   The  discussion questions  are  here . CLASS ANNOUNCEMENT Our Halloween Costume Party will be held on Wednesday-10/25, Thursday -10/26 and Monday -10/30.  Get those costumes ready!

Some of you expressed how the   Newsweek article,  on the C reativity Crisis  brought about more questions than answers.  The fact that this effects not just children, but our economy as well, is daunting.  The  Harvard Business Review  also has an article on this. There is a remedy: Play Power: How to Turn Around Our Creativity Crisis The Positive Psychology of Play:  How Play Helps Children to Flourish BOOK DISCUSSION This semester we are reading   Parenting from the Inside Out by Daniel Siebel and Mary Hartzell.    This week of October 10, we will be discussing Chapter 5.  The  discussion questions  are  here . CLASS ANNOUNCEMENT There will be no classes this Monday, October 9.  It is the Columbus/Indigenous People Holiday and professional development at CCSF.