Inspired by a high school girl’s speech given about Gladys West (video was previously post here: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6946458522469511168/), I set out to find more children’s books about female role models to inspire our young readers. How I picked out the following books: This summer, our wonderful local libraries are giving out…

What is Experiential Learning through play, and how it has led us to the design and development of Experiential Programming in the Interactive Stage? Our first release to Google Play allows users to program the Interactive Stage hardware kit. More features will be released as we adopt the Experiential Programming…

Our family recently moved to Jacksonville, FL., which is part of the Duval County Public School system. We chose this school district because it is a school district with many choices for students. I want to give my children a good well-rounded education, but also allow them to make a…

Parents with young children are suddenly taking on a bigger teaching role due to the Covid 19 pandemic. Homeschooling for a few weeks has turned into months. Homeschooling might become the norm until America figures out how to have our freedom and be protected from this lethal virus. In the…

I wanted to write a piece about the second time I attended the Women In Toys Empowerment Day event in Dallas, TX. I have not attended any other toy industry inventor forum except this event, but I have been told that other such inventor events are mainly dominated by men…

I have recommended several children’s STEM books that I enjoy reading to my students. The 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 moon landing made space a big topic of conversation. There are so many children’s books about the universe, galaxies, planets, moon and space travel (fiction and nonfiction). Finding a book…

What is play based learning and why is it such an important tool in early childhood education? When children play there is more going on than children simply amusing themselves. Play is practice for life as children imitate grown-ups. They mimic adult work, social roles, and how adults interact with…

Cooperative learning theory is an offshoot of constructivism, the practice of building new knowledge upon the foundation of previous learning. It incorporates the idea that the best learning occurs when students, of mixed levels of ability, are actively engaged in the learning process and work in collaboration with other students…

Rachael is one of the earliest contributors to Baby Monster Group. She has worked on the user experience and UI design of the software application for the Interactive Stage and the Baby Monster Group website. She has also contributed to the design and execution of the pilot after school program…