Entries by Dr. Rebecca Isbell

May in Canada: Early Childhood Education Conferences

What an amazing month of May it has been. First, I was in Moncton, Canada for an exciting conference sponsored by the Early Childhood Centre at the University of New Brunswick. During the planning and at the conference I had the opportunity to work with Dr. Ann Sherman who is on the faculty in early […]

The Amazing Mad Hatter Conference in Manhattan, KS

I just returned from the most creative early childhood conference I have ever attended! The theme was the brilliant idea of Kasey Kile, who has been leading the conference for the last four year with assistance from her friends at Kansas Child Care Training Opportunities. I did the Keynote for this illustrious group of early […]

Celebration Time! Come on! Celebration Time!

Today I submitted the final editing of my new book: Nurturing Creativity: A Critical Mindset for Young Children’s Learning. It will be published by NAEYC with an anticipated Fall 2016 release. It has been a long journey with many dips and highs to get this book completed. But I am excited about the message it conveys: Young children […]

A Spectacular Early Childhood Center in Granada Spain

For the past two weeks I have been in Spain learning about the culture and the families that live in this area. During my time, I was able to visit a beautiful Center for birth to 3-year-olds designed by a Spanish Architect, Alejandro Munoz Miranda. Centro Infantil Municipal is located In the city of Chaparral, […]

Join me at NAEYC in Orlando, Florida

This is an exciting week with our NAEYC Conference and thousands of early childhood educators descending on Orlando. What a great time I have connecting to old friends and meeting new folks who are interested in young children (birth to 8 years). If you are attending the National conference, I would enjoy talking to you […]

Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, My Hometown

It is story time again in Jonesborough, Tennessee, where the International Center for Storytelling is sponsoring their 43rd festival. This is a grand celebration of stories told by amazing tellers from all over the world. Hope you will able to catch the storytelling bug at this festival or in the future. Each year, over 10,000 […]

10 Blessings We Get from Working with Young Children

Today I was thinking about the joyful experience of working with young children, so I began to make a list of some of the special moments and inspirations that I have gained from working in early childhood. Read these and add your own special insights to this growing list. Why do we love to work with young […]