It is the Week of the Young Child. To celebrate, read NAEYC articles about the importance of play.

Heard of Pinterest? Visit one of my Pinterest "boards." I have pinned some of my favorite children's book characters. Then look around at some of the other interesting things that people have created.

playgrounds

Click here to see some of the most

interesting playgrounds around.

The whole class from Phokeng, South Africa after

completing ECE 103, Creative Experiences for Young Children

It was Africa, after all. I could not neglect the amazing animals that we saw. Here are just a few.

Homemade puppets

Made from socks, toilet paper rolls and art materials

Ready for puppet-child interactions when the new school year begins this week.

Some amazing South African skies

Exploring the benefits of well-designed classroom displays.

Dramatic play with fabric.

Dramatic play with fabric and natural materials.

Playing "house."

A traditional healer...just fabric and a stick.

drawing, rubbing, and marking paper on brick, cement, and glass.

Class is working on creating aesthetically pleasing displays that encourage children's creativity. Technical difficulties have been making it impossible to post every day. I will continue to do my best.

Short hike to a wonderful waterfall in another National Park overlooking Rustenburg. Saw antelope, eland, zebra, and had a wonderful braii in the bush.

Make way for goslings.

The first class of Creative Experiences for Young Children ECE 103. U.S. student Wai Fun Chow joins 17 South African students as they begin their exploration of aesthetics, creativity, and standards-based programming for young children.

Parent/teacher workshop

Early Childhood educators study the images in a wordless book to discover the story that is unwritten.
A turnout of about 15 parents and teachers met to consider ways to improve the literacy skills of their preschoolers.