Consumer Reports Safety Tested 16 Toddler Towers
In the absence of any safety standard or test for toddler towers, Consumer Reports decided to conduct their own test of some of the models on the market today. Out of a huge range of products, they chose 16 popular toddler towers in a variety of design styles. They tested them for stability and entrapment risk. Only two towers passed both tests.
Learning with Nature: Awaking a Sense of Wonder
Exploring nature is a surefire way to spark young children’s learning. Children inherently want to learn which is why they’re constantly asking questions. They’re full...
How to Bring Back Your Life’s Rhythms: Establishing Routines
image © shutterstock_1089847160 There’s no denying it—we are living in a new normal with families now living, working, and learning all together under one roof....
How to Bring Back Your Life’s Rhythms: Importance of Hideaways for Kids
For the past few months, the common thread of COVID-19 has changed all our lives. Through this change, we’ve discovered many things about our children,...
How to Bring Back Your Life’s Rhythms: Balancing Screen Time with Art Time
Increased screen time can have a great - and potentially detrimental - impact on young children's social, emotional and cognitive growth. Young children learn best...
How to Bring Back Your Life’s Rhythms: Captain of the Ship
There’s no doubt about it; we are living in a new norm in which the unpredictability of COVID-19 has left us with a mounting sense...
How to Bring Back Your Life’s Rhythms: Keeping Hands Busy
The world’s axis is tilted 23.5 degrees from the plane of its orbit around the sun and hasn’t changed significantly in the last 40,000 years....
Heart-Centered Environmental Design: A Fresh Perspective
Author, designer and teacher, Sandra Duncan, EdD, and the president of Guidecraft, Gary Bilezikian, were honored to collaborate and contribute to the 250th issue of Exchange...
Creating Nature-based Classrooms Webinar – Presented by Sandra Duncan and Jody Martin
When you think of the aesthetics of an early education classroom, what do you see? Brightly colored plastic toys. Shelves stacked high with lesson materials...
How to Design Inspiring Early Learning Spaces
When most people talk about designing an early childhood education program, they mean the curriculum, the funding, or the program. Not Dr. Sandra Duncan. When...
