Program Influences

  • Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman
  • Secure Base, John Bowlby
  • Playing and Reality, D.W. Winnicott
  • Interpersonal World of the Infant, Daniel N. Stern
  • The Development of Emotional Competence, Carolyn Saarni
  • Oneness and Separateness, Louise J, Kaplan
  • The Foundations of Literacy, Donald Holdaway
  • Having of Wonderful Ideas, Eleanor Duckworth
  • The Hundred Languages of Children, Carolyn Edwards, Leila Gandini, and George Forman
  • The Power of Play, David Elkind
  • Math: Facing an American Phobia, Marilyn Burns
  • When Stories Come to School: Telling, Writing, and Performing Stories in the Early Childhood Classroom, Patsy Cooper


Our Writings

  • Thoughts on Conflict Resolution (2s and 3s) PDF
  • Parent Involvement in The Classroom PDF


Parenting Resources

  • Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child, John Gottman
  • Unconditional Parenting, Alfie Kohn
  • Playful Parenting, Lawrence Cohen
  • Connection Parenting, Pam Leo
  • Emotional Development in Young Children, Suzanne A. Denham
  • Happiest Toddler on the Block, Harvey Karp
  • The Discipline Book, William Sears
  • The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book, Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves
  • Attached at the Heart: 8 Proven Parenting Principles for Raising Connected and Compassionate Children, Barbara Nicholson & Lysa Parker