Messy Hands Early Learning Center
1457 Pitt River Road V3C1P1 Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada

Going on an ice hunt

We just can’t get enough of this wonderful sunny weather

A short segment of the book, Adventures in Risky Play: What is Your Yes? by Rusty Keeler. This is something every parent, every early childhood educator, every elementary school teacher must read!

Another beautiful winter day! We went back to Brown Creek to see if the dead fish we found on Friday was still there. We were excited to watch a boy catch and release a young trout

https://muddysmiles.com/child-hiking-benefits/

I can’t wait to try all these new colors on paper! I wonder what names the children will give to the colors they’ve created

Inspiring young writers! Rebecca Giles, in her popular new book, A Young Writer’s World, encourages early educators to not just teach children how to write, but to motivate them to want to write. She advocates helping them see themselves as writers, beginning at a very young age. She explains how supporting children’s interest in forming letters, without moving too quickly toward formal handwriting instruction, can keep motivation high: Formal writing instruction such as repetitive tracing or forming letters is not needed since handwriting is best practiced within the context of real writing experiences. (From ExchangeEveryDay)

Mr and Mrs Pumpkin Head

Who knew that drawing with highlighters can be so much fun!

This vision statement for educators of Hilltop Children’s center in Seattle must be adopted by each and every Early Childhood Educator We want educators at Hilltop to be on fire about their work; to feel competent, excited, curious, and profoundly attentive to children. We strive to be a program in which educators move between theory and practice, with a solid understanding of the thinking underneath our teaching practices and with lively teaching practices that set each classroom alight. We commit to knowing the children intimately, and to living alongside them in ways that communicate our affection, delight, and regard.