by Darline Guerrero | Aug 10, 2020 | Institute Blog, Institute News Ticker, School News, School News News Ticker
Children are naturally curious about things that we adults sometimes have a challenging time wrapping our minds around. And children sometimes feel even more curious as our own discomfort grows. Recently, despite my own discomfort, I decided to engage with a subject...
by Darline Guerrero | Jul 27, 2020 | Institute Blog, Institute News Ticker, School News, School News News Ticker
Literacy is more than just learning how to read. It consist of reading, writing, creating, and other forms of emergent markings that represents their thoughts and ideas. Children as young as 2 years old begin to imitate the act of writing and if we build on...
by Darline Guerrero | Jul 21, 2020 | Institute Blog, Institute News Ticker, School News, School News News Ticker
SALSA TAPS HILLTOP AS NEXT CONFERENCE HOST Seattle, WA has been selected to welcome the 3rd annual Learning Stories Conference in June 2021 Seattle, WA – Published on July 21st, 2020 – Hilltop Children’s Center and Educator Institute has been named the host of...
by Darline Guerrero | Jul 13, 2020 | Institute Blog, Institute News Ticker, School News, School News News Ticker
My mother used to always say “When I was younger, we never had to be on iPads, laptops, and video games.” And if you’re reading this mom, I can’t believe I’m saying this but… you’re right! At Hilltop, we believe that the less...
by Darline Guerrero | Jun 29, 2020 | Institute Blog, Institute News Ticker, School News, School News News Ticker, Uncategorized
The most important skills we teach in the early years aren’t academic. Skills such as self-regulation, sharing, kindness, and social justice are the life-long skills crucial to the overall success of our children, however you define success. “We...