#kinderchat — Public Fediverse posts

Longtime early childhood educator, Heidi Echternacht, joins us in our most recent podcast episode to talk about the importance of play, the role of inquiry, & the models that support it!

Search & subscribe to 'Human Restoration Project' on any podcast app or listen directly on our website: https://www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/inquiry-play-and-early-childhood-education-w-heidi-echternacht #K12 #ECE #Kinderchat #EdChat

Speaking of routines, it is time to tidy-up-have-a-shower-do-my-stretches-get-under-the-covers. Have a great week, friends! #kinderchat

Speaking of routines, it is time to tidy-up-have-a-shower-do-my-stretches-get-under-the-covers. Have a great week, friends! #kinderchat

Pandemic life really made me appreciate routines in MY OWN life - I developed all kinds of routines for self-care and social contactm and it was GOOD, you know? SOme of them, I will prob continue FOREVER. #kinderchat

Pandemic life really made me appreciate routines in MY OWN life - I developed all kinds of routines for self-care and social contactm and it was GOOD, you know? SOme of them, I will prob continue FOREVER. #kinderchat

Hello, #kinderchat pals! i am late tonight - fell down a rabbit hole of summer travel dreams/research!

Hello, #kinderchat pals! i am late tonight - fell down a rabbit hole of summer travel dreams/research!

Over & out, pals. See you all next week. Stay warm & dry, wherever you are! #kinderchat

Over & out, pals. See you all next week. Stay warm & dry, wherever you are! #kinderchat

You guys. I just learned that my beloved childhood ballet teacher & artistic director from when I was in a youth company is retiring, and I am totally crying. If you have ever doubted the long term influence you can have on a kid: my tears are the proof. #kinderchat

You guys. I just learned that my beloved childhood ballet teacher & artistic director from when I was in a youth company is retiring, and I am totally crying. If you have ever doubted the long term influence you can have on a kid: my tears are the proof. #kinderchat

Hello #Kinderchat! We are casual tonight, no set topic; if you teach littles and have something on your mind, throw it on the hashtag!

Hello #Kinderchat! We are casual tonight, no set topic; if you teach littles and have something on your mind, throw it on the hashtag!

QOTD from kindergarten: Um, Mme Amy, aren't you going to do any work today? Shouldn't you be WORKING right now? (I was observing a lesson. A purely recreational activity, obviously.) #kinderchat

QOTD from kindergarten: Um, Mme Amy, aren't you going to do any work today? Shouldn't you be WORKING right now? (I was observing a lesson. A purely recreational activity, obviously.) #kinderchat

Desk full of tiaras. This is my real actual job. #kinderchat https://www.instagram.com/p/CnnO2zpPCtS/?igshid=YTgzYjQ4ZTY=

Desk full of tiaras. This is my real actual job. #kinderchat https://www.instagram.com/p/CnnO2zpPCtS/?igshid=YTgzYjQ4ZTY=

Over & out for tonight, pals! #kinderchat is officially on break for the next 3 Mondays, but you may find some of us gathered around the hashtag. Happiest of holidays to one and all!

Over & out for tonight, pals! #kinderchat is officially on break for the next 3 Mondays, but you may find some of us gathered around the hashtag. Happiest of holidays to one and all!

Ok, when you're back, please share the pre-care you did for yourself. I did a chore I have been dodging for days: taking out the trash/recycling/compost. A big weight lifted! #kinderchat

Ok, when you're back, please share the pre-care you did for yourself. I did a chore I have been dodging for days: taking out the trash/recycling/compost. A big weight lifted! #kinderchat

Musing: looking at the number of responses tonight that mention REST, while also thinking about how teachers DON'T LET OURSELVES REST... What if we re-framed rest as a PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY?? #kinderchat

Musing: looking at the number of responses tonight that mention REST, while also thinking about how teachers DON'T LET OURSELVES REST... What if we re-framed rest as a PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY?? #kinderchat

Ok, so with pre-care in mind: look at the time from now until your break: what are the potential tough points? #kinderchat

And, knowing what the time from now until break looks like: what can you do in the next 45 minutes as pre-care? GO DO IT! #kinderchat

And, knowing what the time from now until break looks like: what can you do in the next 45 minutes as pre-care? GO DO IT! #kinderchat

Ok, so with pre-care in mind: look at the time from now until your break: what are the potential tough points? #kinderchat

Tonight, we are going to focus on pre-care: when you do (or plan) something to take care of your FUTURE self. This can be everything from pro-active resting to doing a big job EARLY. Any examples you can think of? #kinderchat

Tonight is "assignment" night at #kinderchat, where I give you a task (usually related to self-care), and you report back (or don't) in 50-ish min.

Tonight, we are going to focus on pre-care: when you do (or plan) something to take care of your FUTURE self. This can be everything from pro-active resting to doing a big job EARLY. Any examples you can think of? #kinderchat

Tonight is "assignment" night at #kinderchat, where I give you a task (usually related to self-care), and you report back (or don't) in 50-ish min.

Amy here, principal in The Canada. After today, we have 7.5 teaching days until break. #kinderchat

Amy here, principal in The Canada. After today, we have 7.5 teaching days until break. #kinderchat

COme out, come out, wherever you are! It's #kinderchat time! Say hello, where you are, and how many more teaching days until you get winter break!

COme out, come out, wherever you are! It's #kinderchat time! Say hello, where you are, and how many more teaching days until you get winter break!

Quote from a meeting today, that I want to spray paint on my office wall: "Early years classrooms are not mini-elementary classrooms, NOR SHOULD THEY EVER BE." #kinderchat

Quote from a meeting today, that I want to spray paint on my office wall: "Early years classrooms are not mini-elementary classrooms, NOR SHOULD THEY EVER BE." #kinderchat

I think our kinders would say they love "centres" best - that is when they are in free play. What I notice in their classrooms is how happy they are to be with their teachers, no matter what they are doing. #kinderchat

I think our kinders would say they love "centres" best - that is when they are in free play. What I notice in their classrooms is how happy they are to be with their teachers, no matter what they are doing. #kinderchat

Something that went well: we had our first (ever!) family music workshops in our preschool classes. These have replaced winter concerts for our 3s and 4s, and they were AWESOME today! #kinderchat

Something that went well: we had our first (ever!) family music workshops in our preschool classes. These have replaced winter concerts for our 3s and 4s, and they were AWESOME today! #kinderchat

Huh. So. Turns out: it's Monday, which means it's #kinderchat and I am VERY VERY TARDY.

Huh. So. Turns out: it's Monday, which means it's #kinderchat and I am VERY VERY TARDY.

Have a great week, folks. COme back next week when @[email protected] leads the show! #kinderchat

And, like, HOW LUCKY ARE WE, to get to do something SO INTERESTING every day? #kinderchat

I feel like our work is SO INTERESTING, and maybe that is just a sign that I'm in the right job, but I feel about child dev the way a 6 year old feels about Pokemon?! #kinderchat

And isn't that ALSO one of the best things about this work - you can do it FOREVER, and still learn a fact, or. meet a colleague, that changes your whole understanding of something. I LOVE that part of our work! #kinderchat

I was also (and sometimes still am) surprised at how extraordinarily complex and difficult reading is, as a learned skill. #kinderchat

What is one of your favourite developmental traits of 5 year olds? #kinderchat

Ok, it's on. Mark your calendars, @edutooters: the first cross-platform #kinderchat (live on non-bird and bird sites) will be Mon Nov 28, 7pm MDT/9pm EDT. Chat for #teachers of #kindergarten and other littles, hosted by me and @mmekathleen. Come play!

Hello world and all who inhabit it. I have ventured far to join you here from... well you know where. I am looking for my people. Can you point me in the direction of the artists and the teachers? #teacher #edu #edtech #kinderchat #fsl