Professional development

There are many associations around the world (well, actually, mostly based in US) that gather teachers and professionals who share the same interest. As for me, certainly, I'm delighted to have found different associations that support early childhood education and creativity education. Here are a few of them which I always refer to.

1) Early Childhood Music and Movement Association

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Websites for new parents and parents-to-be

In this blog, I'd like to share with you websites which expecting parents are interested in.The Association For Prenatal & Perinatal Psychology and Health is one of the rare formal association that concerns the well-being and psychological state of pregnant women and fetus' development. There are some articles on this webpage which you may find helpful, though not all of them are peer-reviewed or

雞腳上的小屋 (The Hut on Fowl's Legs)

女巫似乎是童話裡不能缺少的一角。如果童話世界只有幸福快樂﹐沒有問題的話﹐王子會變成一個可有可無的嘍囉﹔沒有歹角﹐成就不了英雄。而公主如果生在一個沒有毒蘋果﹑毒針和惡毒姊妹的故事裡﹐她們的生平根本不值得被記載下來。童話故事是童年回憶裡美好的一環﹐多少小男孩﹑小女孩都渴望過自己是故事裡的王子公主。我們也感謝童話故事﹐原來從小﹐我們已知道世界其實不完美 - 無論如何﹐壞人總會存在。各國的小孩子印象中的巫各有不同。在蘇聯﹐Baba Yaga 是最家傳戶曉的代表。她的身世是個迷﹐她住在長有一支雞腳的小屋裡﹐有的故事說這小屋沒有窗戶和門﹐Baba Yaga 平常通常靠煙囪出入。有的故事卻說她專門吃小孩子﹔當她一知道有小孩子在森林迷路﹐她便會轉動小屋﹑打開窗戶﹐為的是方便狩獵...人們對Baba Yaga 的印象並不全部是壞的﹐因為有人深信她其實是一個身居森林深處的寂寞老婦人，

THE NAPPING HOUSE by Audrey and Don Wood

This is a silly story about sleeping people and animal on the bed in this "Napping House."The words are carefully written so that you can read it in a 2/4 rhythm, the story begins with the following lines:There is a housea napping house,where everyone is sleeping.I'd say it's a great story for kindergarten kids. Though I'm using this book in my Year 2 music class as source for class

OWL BABIES by Martin Waddell and Patrick Benson

This is one of the BEST children books I've come across. It is very difficult to have toddlers sit down for a 10-minutes story, but this story has never failed me once. It's not just pictures, in fact, the colours used in the illustration is quite dark (same tone as the cover).The story is quite long comparing to normal picture books for toddlers, but they love the storyline so much; that's why