“An important part of our work is to build relationships with each child who comes to spend time in our program, deep and real relationships in which love is an essential ingredient,” write Bethica Quinn and Rosalina Rodriguez in their popular new book, Treasures in the Thicket. “Asking children to spend their childhood in environments without love is unthinkable. If we are not going to love children in preschool, then we need to close all preschools.
Teacher love is different from parent love, however, and has its own limits and boundaries. Teacher love says to a child: I see you and I delight in who you are today, and I take joy in the chance to help you grow into the person who you will be tomorrow, even though I may never have the opportunity to know that person. We are called upon to form this loving bond with each child, year after year, and to do that we need strategies for seeing each child with delight. Opening our eyes and our hearts to what they can tell us through their art is a powerful strategy.”
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Explore children's creative process and the treasures revealed through their educator's insights as they develop their representational expression of values and culture. Written by an educator in a Spanish immersion preschool, this tender, visually engaging book includes Spanish and English text. Treasures in the Thicket is part of the Reimagining Our Work (ROW) collection. Use the ROW collection to discover how early childhood educators in the field are reimagining their work and thinking alongside children. |
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