Education is my medicine. Black Psychology is my prescription. YesToECE’s Founder. CHILD Scale’s #1 Man @ Yale. Author. Reexamining. Rethinking.

Philly, PENN to Oakland, CA
Joined September 2016
Monday morning: 'Maybe' is a necessary component in early childhood teaching and learning. Using a "good for all" narrative immediately exiles parents, teachers, leaders, and children. I stand on maybe.
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Sunday evening: No matter how much I attempt to hang out around the periphery I get invited to the center of it all. Time to practice declining the invites, no matter how familiar.
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Not OR, but AND! Happy 🎄 🎁!
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That season finale just brought acting back. #TheDiplomat #AllisonJanney #GracePenn
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The plastic situation doesn’t make sense. We should have started with actual food items not being in plastic before plastic bags. #Plastic #Sustainability #Health #SustainableFutures #YoungChildren
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#2 Head Start Awareness Month - Interactions Sliding into day 2 with a focus on interactions in Head Start. @NatlHeadStart @HeadStartgov Interactions work across and through children, parents, families and staff in Head Start. youtu.be/tTn92_FWIz8?feature…
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In honor of National @NatlHeadStart @HeadStartgov Awareness Month today we focus on a little known fact about creativity and Head Start children. How are you elevating creativity in Head Start children? #YesToECE #HeadStart #Creativvity youtu.be/1aHnxOkS_78?feature…
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I'm just afraid! This is like watching a horror movie wrapped in a thriller, tied up in anticipatory crime. Yikes.
Being THIS clean is psychotic
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Really useful 2-page summary of the physical development theme on our Early Years Evidence Store ⤵️
“Physical development is crucial for children’s overall progress. It lays the building blocks for their later physical capabilities and health.” @eyfs_sineadmc introduces a resource to help early years staff to encourage children’s physical development. eef.li/ZJEd97
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Sweet. ❤️ @KayeSteinsapir
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We need to continue this conversation with research, action and practice for 20 years.
Did the way parents interacted with their children during lockdowns have an effect on children’s vocabulary? See what the research says, and how you can apply the lessons learned from those challenging times to support your child’s development.

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Shawn M. Bryant retweeted
Shawn Bryant @YesToECE will be on @EarlyYearsTV in August in a brand NEW session about playful, therapeutic engagement with children. Meanwhile, here is his fab session with Marnetta Larrimer @Teachstone: Accounting for Family Trauma. Free on Youtube now! youtu.be/PINXEKvcjjE?si=Qhba…
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Everything about him and nothing about you. @educator2us
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Our building was in the middle of the block, after that earthquake we are now at the corner! #PhillyQuake
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More and more schools/districts are reimplementing suspensions to 'address' behavior. Have the suspension/expulsion efforts not worked?
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Vote. Vote. Vote. PLEASE.
"If I don't get elected, it's gonna be a bloodbath. It's going to be a bloodbath for the country" He's taken a political party and transformed it into a cult of political violence & chaos. The only way to stop the madness is to vote against him in Nov.
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Early closure day - watch no less than 2 families pick up their child late.
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