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Celebrating Children’s Differences with Jahidah Diaab Jun 06, 2022

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The Blended Garden is an inspiration from nature, where flowers bring the message of inclusion and diversity to children, allowing for rich ongoing dialogue where parents and educators connect meaning to materials through nature's design. This book teaches children as they develop into 'universal beings' how to live in one another's space while accepting each other's individuality.

Jahidah Diaab has been working with young children ranging from severely autistic, to the gifted for the past 20 years. Her teaching journey has taken her to various educational and diverse settings across the New York City area. She began her first introduction to children at the Herbert G. Birch School for the Severely Autistic. She then went on to teach story-making, theater, art, and dance at Hunter Elementary, The Dalton School, Beginnings Nursery School, and Ethical Culture Fieldston School. She joined the team of teachers at The Blue School during its developing stages working in admissions then later leading the parent/child 2's program.She is enjoying her new journey at Barrow Street Nursery School this year.

In her spare time, she found her passion as an adjunct professor at Brooklyn College while supporting the diversity and inclusion curriculum at the Brooklyn College ECC. Her role at the center was to make the children's learning visible through videography and documentation. Jahidah Diaab has a B.A. in Fine Arts and a Master's in Early Childhood Education—Birth through Second Grade from Hunter College. She enjoys writing and producing plays and short films in her spare time.

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https://www.yourdailydoseofvitaminnature.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR4uVqQUnYlrqdAGuGlyXMg

https://www.amazon.com/Blended-Garden-Jahidah-Diaab-ebook/dp/B08RP8D6B6

https://www.facebook.com/hadihajdandelion/

Building Teachers Up Beyond Professional Development with Barbara Burrington May 30, 2022

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Barbara Burrington, a phenomenal Education Mentor, served as Interim Director of the UVM Campus Children’s School (2017 - 2020) where she had worked as Head Teacher from 1993 through 2007. She was the first Director of Community Based Partnerships for the College of Education at the University of Vermont (2020-2021) For the previous twelve years, Barbara had served as both a principal and a superintendent in northwestern Vermont. Currently she is a professional mentor to new school administrators throughout Vermont. In December, 2021, Barbara completed a 7,000 mile journey by boat of the North American Waterways (the American Great Loop). Her reflections on inspirations from Reggio Emilia have been published in early childhood education journals and as chapters in edited volumes. Her most recent publication is: B. Burrington & D. St. Amour, Portraiture: Self & Other. Innovations in Early Education. Roswell, GA, August 2020. Her personal blog space is at www.Betheship.com

Raising Resilient Children with Tunu Thom May 23, 2022

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Tunu Thom is the author of “An Unexpected New Dream.” Inspired by the activism and artistry of Dr. Nina SimoneTunu establishes works that centralize around themes of motherhood, culture, futurism, sexuality, and world politics.…charged with cultivating joy, her brand of comedy is smart, hilarious and inspirational. Her work nurtures the curious, the change makers and lovers alike. She is a graduate of LaGuardia Highschool of Performing Arts (drama), holds a B.S. in African Centered Education and Performing Arts and an M.A. in Dance Education (NYU). She has taught and performed thought provoking, culture shifting works at venues from the New Victory Theater on Broadway to the World Famous Apollo Theater. Internationally, she has taught, lectured and performed in Nigeria, the West Indies and the Philippines.

Links: https://tunuthom.com/

The Importance of Choice Time with Renee Dinnerstein May 16, 2022

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Renée Dinnerstein, author of the Heinemann publication, Choice Time: How To Deepen Learning Through Inquiry And Play, has over 50 years experience working as an early childhood educator. She taught in Rome, Italy, in New York City at P.S. 321 and was teacher-director of the all-inclusion Children’s School early childhood annex.
In 2001 until 2003, Ms. Dinnerstein was an early childhood staff developer in the New York City Department of Education Division of Instructional Support, where she wrote curriculum, led study groups and summer institutes, and helped write the New York City Prekindergarten Standards. Since 2003, Ms. Dinnerstein has worked as an early childhood consultant, concentrating on introducing self-directed, inquiry-based Choice Time into classes from pre-kindergarten through second grade and helping teachers work with children to develop whole-class inquiry projects. Renee presents at conferences in the United States and Asia. In 2018, the Beijing Normal University Press published her book in Mandarin and she had a telephone discussion with educators that was listened to by over 1000 teachers in China.

Her blog, Investigating Choice Time: Inquiry, Exploration, and Play is widely read by educators and families of young children.
Links:
https://freetoplaysummit.com/

https://www.investigatingchoicetime.com

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