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Joyful Learning in the Early Years
21.08.2024
It's almost Labour Day! This time of year always fills me with hope. Although it's sometimes sad to be leaving the fun and comforts of summ...
27.07.2024
"Exploring trees outdoors is an enjoyable experience that children love to do! Swinging from a branch, exploring leaves and bark, and obse...
08.04.2024
The solar eclipse of 2024 is an exciting event for children! Here are some resources I quickly put together to help educators and families e...
30.03.2024
I have spent time reviewing many of the resources and materials I have created over the years. Over the next few weeks I would like to share...
29.03.2024
"Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky." -Khalil Gibran During outdoor play children are drawn to the trees in the school yard...
06.03.2024
St. Patrick's Day is a fun holiday that helps jump start the spring season! Here are a few easy to plan math activities for children! 1. Sha...
04.03.2024
Recently we have been working with different fonts to help children recognize that the same letter can look many ways. These letter template...
13.12.2023
A fun activity this time of year is to decorate ugly holiday sweaters with a variety of loose parts! This activity promotes math as children...
04.12.2023
The holidays are such a lovely time of year to spend with children! However the last few weeks before the winter break can be hectic. Here a...
01.12.2023
“There is an unreasonable joy to be had from the observation of small birds going about their bright, oblivious business.” Grant Hutch...
25.11.2023
Subitizing is the ability to instantly recognize the number of objects without actually counting them. This week we practised subitizing u...
08.11.2023
I grabbed a coffee from a drive through this past weekend. While there I chatted with the employee working at the window. I asked him how ...
17.09.2023
"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." Albert Camus Autumn is my favourite time of year. Once we have settled into the ne...
09.09.2023
As we head back into the school year many educators are working thoughtfully to create environments that are rich with math possibility. ...
02.09.2023
For many years now I have been greatly inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education and have sought any source of ...
28.08.2023
"The objects surrounding the child should look solid and attractive to him, and the house of the child should be lovely and pleasant in it...
24.08.2023
As an educator helping children develop a love of and appreciation for math is one of my greatest professional interests. I strive each day ...
04.06.2023
This month I have a blog post featured on the National Association for the Education of Young Children's (NAEYC) website regarding how to en...
28.05.2023
"Look deep into nature and then you will understand everything better." Albert Einstein The children were gathered around a large landscap...
26.04.2023
Math talks are regular, short conversations about purposeful math problems with children. These are intentionally crafted to invite children...
23.04.2023
“Colour is a power which directly influences the soul.” Wassily Kandinsky We spend at least an hour outside each day, rain or shine. O...
16.04.2023
"It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen." John Wooden Now that spring is emerging muddy conditions ar...
05.01.2023
“Mathematics is a very broad and multidimensional subject that requires reasoning, creativity, connection making, and interpr...
“Mathematics is a very broad and multidimensional subject that requires reasoning, creativity, connection making, and interpret...
30.11.2022
"We can't blame children for occupying themselves with Facebook rather than playing in the mud. Our society doesn't put a priority on conn...
29.11.2022
"Childhood is that state which ends the moment a puddle is first viewed as an obstacle instead of an opportunity." K. Williams Puddle pla...
Autumn is a beautiful time of year! There is so much potential for encouraging rich, playful exploration with natural objects that childre...
“The book of nature is written in the language of Mathematics.” Galileo The children were gathered around a zinnia in the garden. Right i...
Autumn is such a wonderful time of year! The colours and textures can inspire such rich math conversation! This past weekend we visited a fe...
“I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” ― L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables What a beautiful time of ye...
Curious about my book Joyful Math? Click here for a preview! "Deanna shows us that math can bring joy! Written to support play-based math l...
It's always interesting to see how children innovate math materials. This week we provided pages with the numbers 1 to 10 written in inter...
“Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.” Alan Cohen As we head back into the sc...
"Old things are better than new things, because they've got stories in them." Kami Garcia What is hiding in your cupboards and closets? Fo...
Hello everyone! I have been getting many requests for presentations lately. I love working directly with educators, especially in live works...
Here is a fun activity to get children moving as they respond to a prompt. Look at the photo and respond to the 'stand up if you..." prompt ...
"When we as teachers are purposeful about bringing nature into our classrooms, we create opportunities for curiosity, questioning, observa...
In Deanna Pecaski McLennan’s kindergarten classroom, math isn’t limited to a specific block of time. It’s built into the environment and i...
"I think all of these have four wheels." "No, the truck in the middle has 8. You just can't see the other four because they are on the othe...
"This stump is kind of wobbly. The first two are strong but when I step on the last one it wiggles when I stand on it." "I'm a little nerv...