by Randi Albertsen | May 12, 2026 | Growth Mindset
For every educator who’s ever said, “I already do that,” and didn’t recognize it as giving up Here’s a sentence I would never say to a four-year-old: “You’ve done enough learning. You’re finished. There’s nothing left for you to figure out.”...
by Randi Albertsen | Apr 15, 2026 | Challenging Behaviors
This Is Why Childhood Is Broken Does this sound familiar? More children are struggling with fine motor skills. More children are not making eye contact. More children do not know how to interact with peers. More children have speech delays or communication...
by Randi Albertsen | Mar 4, 2026 | Challenging Behaviors, Environment, Observation and Documentation
When chaos erupts, do you know what game to play? I could hear the screaming from down the hall. If I didn’t know any better, I would have thought that a child was being tortured. When I walked in, Joey was howling. Ms. Jackie was examining the bite marks on his arm....
by Randi Albertsen | Jan 29, 2026 | Developmentally Appropriate Practice, Environment
How to find the missing piece You spent an hour last night working on your lesson plans for next week. You thought about what Marissa and Lilah were doing in the Baby Center (this month’s dramatic play area). You revisited your observation notes from the Block Corner...
by Randi Albertsen | Jan 12, 2026 | Observation and Documentation
And the truths that will help you really see them It was 10:47 pm on a Tuesday. I was scrolling through 1,289 photos on my phone, searching for that ONE observation of Marcus I’d captured two weeks ago. His parent conference was at 8:30 the next morning, and I knew...
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