WHAT ARE CHILDREN CAPABLE OF? Perhaps a better question would be what are they NOT capable of?  Great to have you back visiting my blog, which is part of collaborative blog here at PreKandKsharing.  It's always a pleasure to share what I've learned from children and my fellow teachers with all of you from around the world.  Enjoy!Enrique, Founder ...

THE MAGIC OF MALE ROLD MODELS Great to have you visiting my monthly blog.  A big thank you to Debbie Clement for her continued efforts in making this collaborative blog an ongoing reality along with our new resource center, the Early Education Emporium.  Finally, a HUGE thank you to the parents of the preschool children and Sandy, the Lead ...

CHILDREN HAVE ENERGY!  WE SHOULD  ENGAGE IT & RE-DIRECT IT IN POSITIVE WAYS Hello to all of you wonderful people who dedicate your lives to raising the next generation of children. It is us, the educational community of the world, that is creating the landscape of the future.  Every great historical event in memory started: with Creative ...

HOW TO WRITE SONGS WITH CHILDREN Hello from Norman, Oklahoma!  I'm not from Norman, but I'm here getting ready to spend a wonderful day with Kindergarten Teachers at a lovely SDE conference.  On the plane ride over, I was thinking about what I'd share with you.  The one image I kept seeing in my mind's eye was children singing.  Probably because I ...

DOES EARLY CLASSICAL MUSIC REALLY HELP CHILDREN? YESHowever, it depends on: HOW we use itWHAT KIND of musicWHEN we use itWHAT TEMPO we useWHICH frequencies are resonating Children certainly love music.  No one would dispute that, but how can music be used to specifically engage a child development brain AND can it impact any other areas of a ...

PERSPECTIVE, RISK and EMBODIMENTHappy November from Enrique! When Galileo figured out that earth was not at the center of our universe, it was a shift in perspective that led him to that discovery.  When we think about many of the important discoveries in our world, perspective is an important part of that journey.  When we observe children, if we ...

REKINDLING DISCOVERY & WONDER! ''PLAY IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF RESEARCH.''  Albert Einstein said that!  Really, he did.  ''FUN IS NOT FLUFF.''  I said that... and I'm proud to say it every time I have the opportunity to work with teachers and parents across our country.  The words ''What Else?'' which come from my dear colleague, friend, and ...

It's Enrique here and thanks for stopping by to check out my blog.  I have the most wonderful relationships with so many great preschool and kinder classrooms.  I'm so fortunate to have the opportunity to work with so many lovely teachers, children and parents and the thanks they show fuels in such an authentic way! If you're been reading my ...

CREATING ART FROM WHAT CHILDREN KNOW AND EXPERIENCE It's a blazing hot day in Tucson, Arizona.  You sit down to dinner and even though it's still in the 90's, many of us in the Southwest crave a bite of ''Chile'' with our food.  From the oldest to the youngest, it's part of our culture.   In one of the preschool classrooms I have the great honor ...

ENGINEERING GAMES for ADULT LEARNERS Happy July 4th to everyone from my home country of the U.S. and welcome to all of you from other parts of our beautiful world.  For those of you who are new, I'm Enrique, Musician and Producer,  Founder and Director of Early Education of the F.A.M.E. Foundation.  My blog today is a vlog, a video blog.  It's an ...