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About Jennie

I have been teaching preschool for over thirty years. This is my passion. I believe that children have a voice, and that is the catalyst to enhance or even change the learning experience. Emergent curriculum opens young minds. It's the little things that happen in the classroom that are most important and exciting. That's what I write about.
I am highlighted in the the new edition of Jim Trelease's bestselling book, "The Read-Aloud Handbook" because of my reading to children. My class has designed quilts that hang as permanent displays at both the National Liberty Museum in Philadelphia, and the Fisher House at the Boston VA Hospital.

This is always a great place to allow children to point out what catches their eyes and attention. It is such a unique setting while urban children may need a field trip to a park just to have this experience! 🍁 🐾 🌲

My youngest brother Rich was an elementary school teacher for learning disabled children in a “center” where they would arrive, go to integrated learning classes and then, bring back their work to go over with him. Twenty years of inner city teaching, he taught me a lot about those children who were like “sponges” absorbing attention and positive reinforcement. My parents volunteered as chaperones to circus, plays, the zoo and other excursions. 🙂 I will have to ask him if they went to a park or woods, someday.