Happy New Year Everyone! Parent PhD is ready for an exciting new year in early childhood education. In the next few weeks, we will be launching our new “Infant/Toddler Series.” This series will focus on infant/toddler development, curriculum and developmentally appropriate practice. Basically we will highlight an area of development each week. We’ll talk about [...]
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The Value of Book Talks and Author Studies
Posted by drjenn on September 27th, 2011
Book Talks and Author Studies are wonderful ways to explore and learn about children’s literature. I highly recommend doing them with the children you teach. They are also excellent additions to teacher education classes. I started doing these activities with my undergraduate students for two reasons: 1. I wanted my students to discover as many children’s books [...]
Posted in Blog, Literacy, Teaching Strategies 
Tags: author study, book talks, books, children's literature, genres, Tad Hills 
No Comments »Improv and Literacy Development
Posted by drjenn on September 12th, 2011
Aside from being a teacher, I have also been involved in the arts throughout my life. At one point in my 20′s I took an improv class at a the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York City. I realized quickly that the work of an improv actor is very similar to the work of teacher. [...]
Posted in Blog, Literacy, Oral Language, Teaching Strategies Tags: active listening, improv, improvisation, listening, literacy, literacy development, oral language, speaking No Comments »What I learned while potty training my child
Posted by drjenn on August 28th, 2011
Dare I say it…I have a potty trained child. Miss H turned 2 in June and has been showing all of the signs that she is ready: Baby Center Potty Training Readiness. She’s had a potty in each bathroom since she was 18 months, and she sits on it every morning and night. We did [...]
Story Retelling
Posted by drjenn on August 28th, 2011
I love reading to children of all ages, especially with the 0-5 crowd. Their interaction, involvement and interest changes so much from infancy to toddlerhood to preschool. What is even more fun is to go beyond the book and “retell” the story using manipulatives. It’s actually a requirement for my early childhood preservice teachers to [...]
Posted in Blog Tags: cognition, cognitive development, literacy, manipulatives, retelling, retells, Smartboard, story retelling, The Mitten No Comments »Library Storytimes
Posted by drjenn on August 28th, 2011
Along with being an early childhood educator, I’m also a mommy to a 2 year old girl. Miss H and I began to explore library storytimes this summer. We are lucky enough to live within 2 miles of 3 libraries, so we decided to try them all. At two of the libraries we attended the [...]
