What is “W” sitting?Marianne Gibbs, EdD, OTR/LGibbs Consulting, Inc. “W” sitting occurs when children sit on the floor with their legs bent in the shape of a “W”. Observe your students today and see how they sit on the floor at school and home. Do they sit in the “W” position?             Why do children “W” sit?Children may develop a habit for ...

A big frustration for preschool teachers is having that child in the class that demonstrates a behavior that is challenging and disruptive.  You have tried everything to get the child to cooperate so the next step is to contact the parents.  The director hopes that it won’t come down to having to remove the child from the school so she keeps her ...

We celebrate the students who are moving on to their new schools with a fun, simple, but very memorable preschool graduation.

Connecting the “DOTS”             Hello from the International Reading Association’s annual conference in San Antonio, Texas. As luck would have it, I am presenting a seminar entitled “The Power of Parents: Building School and Home Connections,” based on a series of kits I have developed. The kits train parents, teachers and administrators how ...

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 ...

PBS Parents Play & Learn is a free mobile app featuring more then a dozen games for parents to play w/ their kids.  These games are designed to help kids 4 and under to build their Literacy and Math skills. More info from their promotional email, ''The app provides more than a dozen games parents can play with their kids, each themed ...

Lessons Learned from Teaching English Language Learners             Learning English ain’t easy. It is not easy to teach, either. Think of all the parents in America who may not speak English as a first language. Can you imagine working on even the most basic homework with your child if English is not your first language? It can be overwhelming, ...

This week we are celebrating Dr. Seuss’ birthday at my school.  In today’s homework packet the children received a reading oath.  They are being asked to turn off the TV/ or turn off the video games one day this week and read!! Then child and parent sign the oath to say that it was accomplished.  I am the child of a children’s librarian so being ...

Kindergartners and First Graders are curious and interested in learning about the authors and illustrators of the books that they are reading.  Here is a site that has it all in once place. It is full of links to the websites of over 600 authors and illustrators. You just click on the first letter of the authors or illustrator’s name and you will ...

We love combine a good picture book with a simple craft - in fact that is how the Kids Crafts on Red Ted Art first started out. Since then we are much more focussed on the crafting. But every so often I do like to ''go back'' to our roots and share  a book and story. This is actually a little craft we probably did about 2 years ago! Red Ted would ...