297 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217

Letter

Dear Community, We cannot be silent. Our children are not safe. In communities across this country, immigrant children are living with fear. They are detained. They watch their parents taken away. Some come home to an empty house. This is happening to children we know. At PS Family, this is…
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Everyone Wants to Get to Work

After Mayor Mamdani announced that he would make more child care seats available and improve our system, I made an Instagram post titled Someone Finally Gets It. In a pink shirt with pink lipstick, I talked about what my 40 years in child care had taught me. That fixing child…
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What Snow Used to Mean

Today was a snow day in New York. The public schools were closed. My company supervises preschool teachers. We were warned on Saturday the schools might close. We got the word on Sunday that they would. My team, instead of enjoying their weekend, worked to prepare for remote learning. They…
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The bond before instructions…

Routines strengthen our children’s learning, give them clear ideas about space and about what we do day to day, and allow us to share learning experiences with them. However, routines can also lead us into a dangerous trap. During visits to several programs in recent weeks, I have noticed that…
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