TL;DR: Social emotional learning starts at home, in early childhood. Parents are best suited to teach children the nuance of navigating social interactions in the broader world. Raising kind children rather than people pleasers is a perfect example. We must strike a balance when encouraging our children to be giving…
What is the appropriate place of religious holidays and traditions in the educational curriculum? This is a tricky question and the jury is still out. The classic U.S. holiday season is upon us, and with it a strong communal desire to celebrate. At Circletime, we want to be transparent regarding our thought…
Do Media and Technology Impact Creativity? As I discussed in my previous post, creativity has taken center stage in the future of work. Even Mark Cuban believes creativity is a key job skill! So let’s move on from the what and further our understanding of the how. Sometimes, when we…
In honor of Sir Ken Robinson’s recent passing, and as one of the major inspirations for Circletime, we felt it was due time to reflect on creativity. He gave a TED talk back in 2006 where he posits the question on the impact of the current education model on creativity….
We are running our first Montessori trial sessions on Circletime this week. This will give you even more ways to support your children’s growth and development at home. Here’s this week’s schedule:
Pioneering Live Online Learning for Children If you’re a Circletime OG then you know we are pioneers of live, interactive online classes for kids. We had this idea well before COVID-19 ushered in remote school. Why? Because children today are more than digital natives – they are social media natives, they…
In our pre-covid days, children’s boredom was something easy to solve and thus overlook. This quickly unraveled into chaos when social distancing became the norm because of one or a combination of the following factors: Children’s time is always so structured that they weren’t used to finding fun things to do…
Circletime is focused on supporting whole child development. Therefore, our content is grounded in active and sensorial activities. Learning in this way tracks developmental milestones. It “fires up” as many synapses as possible in the critical early years of brain growth. Exposing your children early and often to a multi-disciplinary approach…
For episode 5, we talked to CEO and current Tiny fellow, Tatiana Feldman about screen time, culturally relevant content, and launching Circletime in the midst of a global pandemic. Through the spring and COVID-19-related school shutdowns, Circletime provided its virtual live classes free to families to support parents in engaging their children in play-based learning opportunities.
TEACHER SPOTLIGHT: Dalesha Smallwood Ms. Lesha, one of our most popular teachers, has kicked off a series of classes to help families discuss challenging topics around differences with their littlest ones in an age-appropriate way. Ms. Lesha brings a unique sensitivity in how she introduces themes to children. Join Circletime…
