Stumbling Through Work
Working in education is to stumble through your everyday! We love what we do, but staff, families, policies, regulations and sometimes even the children make us quit everyday then come back the next day. Just remember, you are not in this alone.
Stumbling Through Work
Latest Episodes
When Pop Culture Enters Preschool
Hollywood does not end when the credits roll. It shows up in your classroom as Spider-Man shoes, superhero scripts in dramatic play, and the kind of big feelings that lead to “You can’t be Spider-Man because I’m Spider-Man.” I unpack how early ...
Who Made That Child the Villain?
A kid has one rough week and suddenly the whole building “knows how they are.” That’s not insight, that’s a storyline. We start by borrowing a concept from reality TV: the villain edit. When adults stitch together a few moments and turn them in...
Degrees, Drama, and Daycare: Confidence Is Not Competence
Viral debates about who “counts” as an expert can feel like entertainment, until you realize early childhood education lives with the consequences. I start with the online credibility mess and pull it back to the question directors, teachers, a...
From Toy Story To Tablets: What Screen Research Really Says
Toy Story 5 has everyone arguing about kids and screens again and I want to pull this conversation back to reality. Screen time isn’t automatically “good” or “bad,” and the research doesn’t support bumper-sticker parenting. What matters is cont...
