All posts by Shelley Sacks

  • Essential Questions When Choosing an International Preschool

    ne of the biggest decisions a family has to make when arriving in Tokyo is choosing a school. Given that many people are away from any set network of friends or family, school often provides the very first entree into a community...

    • Posted March 14, 2016
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  • The Case for Putting Play first in Preschool

    As a preschool educator, I often have to resist the urge to teach in my classroom which may sound surprising given my role. But, the longer I am in the classroom and the more we understand how...

    • Posted December 10, 2015
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  • What is teaching to the top?

    by Shelley Sacks I believe that teaching to the top is teaching to the children, who are at the highest developmental level of all the children in the class. My theory behind this is that if you...

    • Posted May 11, 2015
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