Invitations for Learning

The Daycare
My Corner

Dan Hodgins has generously given me permission to post his wonderful newsletter, Invitations for Learning, on this website.   Dan is one of the wisest people in the field of child care and we're so fortunate that once a month he gives us these little tidbits to help prop us up in our work.   Thank you Dan!

• 2013
• March:   Do You Want a Spanking?
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  February:   Say What You Mean...
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  January:   Self Esteem, It's not something you Give
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  2012
• December:   Gifts that Last...
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  November:   Asking Preschoolers to Stand in Line
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  October:   Who Is This Field Trip For?
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  September:   I Have Been Waiting For You
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  August:   Take Your Child's Hand Firmly and Run...
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  May:   I Never Had a Young Child Ask Me?
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  March:   Are They Really Lying?
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  February:   Are They Friends or Intruders?
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  January:  Keeping the "Heart" and "Soul" in your program
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  2011
• October:   Calendar Time is only for people who have appointments to keep
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  September:   Clean Up Time is NOT the most important part of the day!
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  August:   Brains Do Not Think in Themes
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  July:   "I Can't"
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  June:   Are Children Learning or Pruning?
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  May:   Are We Raising "Praise Addicts"
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  April:   "Am I going to die in an earthquake?"
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  March:   Who is in Control Here? Power Struggles
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  February:   Watch Out World, Here I Come!
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  January:   Play is on the Extinction List
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  2010
• December:   Superhero Play: It is Important
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  November:   RESPECT--Is it something you teach?
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  October:   We Forgot What Children Are Good At!