Is creativity declining in America? A recent article in Newsweek indicates that may be the case. One likely reason may be the increasingly sedentary lifestyles for young children — wise teachers know how to nourish the sparks of creativity inside every child using movement, music, dramatic play, and art, among other things.

Even babies are sensitive to numbers and shapes, and math can be a valuable part of every curriculum. Your early literacy program should include both letters and numbers. There are many, very natural ways of introducing numbers: setting the table for snack, counting the crackers, finding just the right size block to span the bridge. Mathematics is everywhere in the early childhood classroom.