Rhymes to Reason: Lessons from preschool

By Sheridan Fisher Carley

Additional Column Posts (1 - 19 of 19)

• Helping children learn to listen well

  By Sheridan Fisher Carley - Mar 14
  Are you a good communicator? Let’s find out. The English writer and cleric Charles Colton once wrote, “Were we so eloquent as angels, yet should ...
  

• Rhymes to Reason: The Superman then the Santa

  By Sheridan Fisher Carley - Jan 02
  Milton once said: "He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king." Teachers are fortunate to have ...
  

• Rhymes to Reason: Happy Hanukkah

  By Sheridan Fisher Carley - Dec 12
  Bacon once said: “The first creation of God in the works of the days was the light of the sense, the last was the light of reason; and his Sabbath ...
  

• Rhymes to Reason: Children and families of 9/11

  By Sherry Fisher Carley - Oct 11
  It’s been almost a month since the anniversary of 9/11, and yet I can’t get it out of my mind. The Prophet Muhammad once said: “To gladden the ...
  

• Tattoos or rumors

  By Sheridan Fisher Carley - Aug 08
  Which would you prefer? Both are alike — they last forever! Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; ...
  

• The importance of self esteem

  By Sheridan Fisher Carley - May 01
  Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” What are you good ...
  

• Rhymes to Reason: Bullies, part II

  By Sherry Carly - Mar 07
  Albert Schweitzer once said: “You must not expect anything from others. It’s you yourself of whom you must ask a lot. Only from oneself has one ...
  

• Rhymes to Reason: The Christmas gift

  Jan 03
  As we look back on the holiday season, it’s a good moment to reflect that we can make a difference as parents in teaching children the importance ...
  

• Remember who's the adult when dealing with young children

  By Sheridan Fisher Carley - Oct 20
  Have you ever heard the expression “Children rule”? Or better yet, have you ever heard parents say, “Well, I have to discuss this with Genevieve ...
  

• It's almost time for school to start: Get ready!

  By Sheridan Fisher Carley - Sep 03
  With years of experience as a former teacher and director of early childhood programs, Sherry Carley has offered to write a column to share the ...
  

• Children of divorce

  By Sheridan Fisher Carley - Feb 13
  Václav Havel once said, “the more unpropitious the situation in which we demonstrate hope, the deeper the hope. Hope is not the conviction that ...
  

• Rhymes to Reason: A Christmas story

  By Sheridan Fisher Carley - Dec 25
  The Christmas carol “Silent night, Holy night” has been a gift every yuletide season since Christmas of 1818. It was written by a rector and ...
  

• Rhymes to Reason: Thanksgiving and kindness

  By Sheridan Fisher Carley - Nov 22
  Kindness, sharing and caring is a topic close to my heart. I wanted to share it with my readers this holiday. Emily Dickinson once wrote: “If I ...
  

• Have goals and dreams

  By Sheridan Fisher Carley - Sep 04
  Dr. Benjamin E. Mays once said: “It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in ...
  

• Love in the springtime

  By Sheridan Fisher Carley - Jun 06
  Helen Keller once said, “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even heard, but it must be felt with heart.”The heart ...
  

• Rhymes to Reason: Boris and his behavior

  By Sherri Carly - Mar 27
  Sitting Bull once said: “Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children.” This column has been a pleasure to write ...
  

• Rhymes to Reason: Facing bullies

  Feb 03
  Eleanor Roosevelt once said: “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You ...
  

• Modeling good behavior

  By Sherry Carley - Dec 07
  One of the things you learn as an early childhood director is to treat each child with dignity and respect and in return the child will learn to ...
  

• Being a role model

  By Sheridan Fisher Carley - Sep 20
  Mahatma Ghandi once said “We must be the change we wish to see in the world.” As parents, the most important job is to set examples in our ...