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Meet Us at the DVAEYC Annual Conference: April 1 & 2, 2016!

3/14/2016

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Click Here to go to DVAEYC to Register!
Meet me on Friday afternoon, 4/1 from 3:00-4:30pm
​Strategies for Teaching Self-Regulation to Children, Session D-9 

Join me on Saturday morning, 4/2 from 8:30-10:00am
Those Challenging Toddlers: Insights and Best Practices, Session E-6
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S.T.E.A.M.+     Hot Topic in Professional Development!

2/7/2015

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Mrs. Mantell's 2013-14 Kindergarten Enrichment Class Created an Alaska Ice Fishing Village in the Classroom
as published in the Bucks County Herald

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Evidence-based best practices in early childhood education consistently point to learning through play, and our S.T.E.A.M.+ concept brings about learning far beyond our plans, and usually beyond our wildest dreams!  When a group of young children learn not only to cooperate, but also to collaborate, to make choices and decisions, and to move a project in a direction that makes sense and is intriguing, based on their own design and plan, there is magic and fireworks everywhere!

Over the past two years, our Kindergarten Enrichment classroom has accomplished projects including:  The Pizza Parlor, The Airport, The Bakery, The North Pole with Santa's Workshop, and many more.  We are currently building The Great Barrier Reef!   Within each project, we have defined the work with Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math once the children agreed upon the topic.  However, based on choices the students make, we often find the learning leads to subject areas including Commerce, Geography, History, and always Reading and Writing.
In response to a recent increase in requests for professional development on this topic, at the upcoming DVAEYC Conference, I will be presenting a professional development session entitled, Bringing S.T.E.A.M.+ into the Early Childhood Classroom Successfully, where a simple frame work will be provided for creating and conducting the lesson plan to meet goals and standards, along with ideas and suggestions for topics, and the "how-to" on empowering children to take the lead toward the outcome of the project. 

S.T.E.A.M.+ Projects are appropriate for preschoolers at both the 3s and 4s levels, as well as kindergarten and elementary school.  Additionally, there are very small projects that can be incorporated into a single area of learning on one particular day, such as snack/cooking or during your language arts block.

Wouldn't it be great to watch the classroom come alive with inquiry and theory, talent and motivation, as you facilitate the learning that the children choose to pursue?  What is holding them back?  Go for it!  
(We'll be happy to help should you need training or assistance!)

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Thanks for Stopping By!

10/6/2014

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So glad you made time to visit our exhibit at the BCAEYC conference this past weekend. It was truly our pleasure to meet you! We look forward to being of service to you and your program.
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Bringing STEAM classes to programs and Professional Development for teachers to learn how to conduct STEAM effectively were big topics of interest at the conference.
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Colleen Mantell, Owner, enjoying the early childhood education passion at the BCAEYC conference.
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BCAEYC 2014 Conference

10/6/2014

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Thank You to all of the wonderful new Early Childhood Education friends we made at the conference this weekend!  It was such a pleasure meeting you and learning about your education passion.  This was our first exhibit with BCAEYC, and we met the most wonderful early childhood professionals.  What an exciting day!  We are looking forward to hearing from those who would like to benefit from our services, and we would love to have your thoughts, ideas, and needs shared here on our Beyond The Standards Blog, Cafe Edu. Grab a cup of tea, we'll be here waiting for you!

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    Colleen T. Mantell, M.S., Ed.
    Founder, President
    Beyond The Standards Inc.
    Prof  Dev Instructor
       -PQAS Certified
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       -Early Childhood Edu
       -Elementary Edu
       -Family & Consumer Sci
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