Hilltop's Blog
Building on the Wonders of Childhood
In a Pinch? Finding Wonder in the Differences of Understanding
In a Pinch? Finding pit stops before the metaphorical rug gets too lumpy. Relationships are important in every workplace. This is especially true for adults working with young children. Some people like to compare the co-teacher relationship with an arranged marriage....
Making Learning Visible: Documentation and Pedagogical Narration Resources
PREFACE: This space has been created for educators, administrators, parents, and youth advocates and attendees of "Making Learning Visible: Documentation and Pedagogical Narration" as a forum for sharing experiences and reflections as they work through these...
Dissecting a Superhero & Gender-Norms
One thing I am so jealous of with children is how open their minds can really be - their worlds really are so full of possibility. My favorite drawing that came out of our class recently was of a unicorn with dozens of arms, each hand holding a single meatball - could...
Understanding Children’s Identity Formation Resources
PREFACE: This space has been created for parents, educators, social justice advocates, mentors, youth based organizations and attendees of "Who am I? Understanding Children's Identity Formation" as a forum for sharing experiences and reflections as they work through...
Building an Anti-Bias Library: Part One – Racial Identity, Culture and Language
PREFACE: On September 27th, 2017, we welcomed Debbie LeeKeenan, Dr. Caryn Park and Dr. Maggie Beneke to kick off of 2017-2018 Educator Discussion Series focusing on Anti-Bias Education. Their workshop titled: Using Children's Literature to Provoke Conversations on...
Intersectionality: Young and Black but Male and Privileged?
Everyone has both earned and unearned advantages and disadvantages. People who are aware of that can choose to take actions that weakens the systems that distributes advantage and disadvantage unfairly…
Unpacking White Privilege Resources
PREFACE: This space has been created for social justice advocates and attendees of "Unpacking White Privilege in Schools and Classrooms" as a forum for sharing experiences and reflections as they work through these resources. On this page, we invite and encourage you...
A Conversation on Children’s Rights
How we can promote children’s meaningful participation in society, recognize the value of their experiences, views and concerns, and support them to enact change in the world?