After seeing this video (produced as a public service message by the Finnish organization Fragile Childhood), what person in their right mind would even THINK of drinking or drugging excessively…
Stephanie GolowaySeptember 30, 2018
In my search for classroom strategies that can support young children living with substance use disorder (a.k.a. alcoholism/addiction), one of my "forever heroes," Vivian Gussin Paley (1929-2019), has risen like a sparkle…
Stephanie GolowayJanuary 9, 2016
What's the solution? Here's what the doctors prescribe... http://youtu.be/oiDV6uOY9QI?t=1s But when we say "play," what exactly do we mean? OK, so maybe kids enjoy it. And doctors and neuroscientists and…
Stephanie GolowayFebruary 16, 2014
http://youtu.be/OQTfmnYB7I0 I've been watching my neighbors build their garage over the past year. First, there were months of preparation: planning what they hoped it would look like and the kind…
Stephanie GolowayJanuary 18, 2014
It's true. I'm a children's book snob. I was "that teacher" who ranted against the story-less drivel that was supposed to teach my first-graders phonics. If a book doesn't touch…
Stephanie GolowayJanuary 12, 2014