Slow Pedagogies, Fast World: Allowing the Time for Meaning to Breathe
November 11, 2025
Sometimes, in the late afternoon light, I still see it: the shimmer that fills the room when everything slows, towers leaning, papers curling, puzzle pieces scattered across the floor, the quiet after play...
Opening University Doors: Co-Constructing Early Childhood Learning Communities
June 25, 2025
Designing a degree is exciting and challenging. Sara Ahmed describes many challenges we experienced when she writes “open[ing] universities up, to...
Pay Attention
June 20, 2025
Pay attention.
I am troubled (again! again!) by this insidiously tiny full sentence.
It intrigues me, this idea that we must transact in attent...
Me to We: A Lesson in the Power of Individual Stories on Building a Classroom Community
May 6, 2025
The power of children seeing themselves in their learning, whilst having the opportunity to share personal stories and hear the stories of their pe...
The Children Already Knew That Every Child Matters
October 2, 2023
Written in September 2023:Yesterday my breath caught, and my chest felt tight.I was speaking to my class of first year early childhood education st...
Making pedagogical choices with a bird's nest
October 25, 2022
A few years ago, I worked as an early childhood educator at a childcare centre in Nova Scotia. During the spring season, a robin bird built its nes...
Traditional Gender Norms in the CAYC Logo
May 16, 2022
An organization’s logo is a powerful visual communicator of beliefs and values. CAYC has been in existence for almost half a century and its logo, ...
A COVID Check-in
May 16, 2022
I recently spoke with early childhood educators in Prince Edward Island on the topic “Play in the time of Covid-19.” To begin, I asked how they are...
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