Dane's Education Blog

This is a must-read book for better understanding of yourself and other people. It is a clear version of Emotional Intelligence, and it is ...

I had the wonderful opportunity to visit the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art that is located at 125 West Bay Road in Amherst, Massachu...

One of the most powerful singers, Harry Chapin, captured my attention when I was teaching middle school students at a boarding school in 197...

Mattering  by Jennifer Breheny Wallace is such a good read on "The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and  Purpose." What I appre...

When I was reading the May 10, 2026  NYTimes Book Review "CHILDREN'S & YOUNG ADULT BEST SELLERS," I discovered in the top...

When it comes to finding a team player for a faculty, board of trustees, a non-profit organization, a town select board, etc., you will want...

  Here is a link to a new book review of Forward backwards - THE SAME  as posted in the spring issue of Tomorrow's Child , a magazine fr...

Catch the value of humor in our lives by reading Humor Me  by Chris Duffy. When he is not writing books, Chris is a standup comedian.  In hi...

If you are not familiar with author Eric Carle, this is a perfect book for getting to know him. I am reading it to the preschool children I ...

This post is not the popular song by the Beatles (😎), but it is the recently published book by Bill McKibben. The author presents the world...

I was reading to a group of preschool children as I do every Tuesday and Thursday, and I thought it might be good to read a book I discovere...

As a follow-up to his fantastic bestseller, The Anxious Generation , author Jonathan Haidt has a graphic book that beautifully appeals to ki...

I—also known as DD—love to read books to children. I have been reading to them since 1980 — first to my children, then to children ages pre...

 If you thought AI was the next technology takeover, you must check out the CBS  60 Minutes  TV program that aired Sunday, January 4. Here i...

Here is a very special video from 2025  America's Got Talent . The singer presents himself in a very humble way and changes all expectat...

I first met author Marc Brackett at a conference when I was heading a toddler through eighth grade school in Brooklyn, NY. What I love abou...

I bumped into this book on kindness as I was gathering books to read to my two preschool classes that I read to each week. Like my previous...

Being kind is paramount in this day and age. Guiding  — modeling for and building — children to be kind to others is so important. By the wa...

Simple as it may sound, being kind to one another can be life altering. This is helpful to children when they view adults being kind to othe...

A friend sent this "50  PALINDROMES" sheet to me last week, and it is terrific. (If you have trouble viewing this on your computer...

The book Goodnight Moon  written by Margaret Wise Brown is celebrating its 75th year. It is a book that I have read many many times to child...

I have been enthralled by Emotional Intelligence (EI) throughout my career in education.  Over the years, I have spent lots of time understa...

Reading to children does help to be more in control of living with AI — for them AND for parents and educators. Back in June 2023, the Monte...

Here is a link to a book review for my recently published  book,   Forward Backwards The Same. The review is   from   Montessori Life , sum...

I had an amazing opportunity to talk about the importance of reading to children and read the book I wrote — Forward Backwards THE SAME —  a...

I have always enjoyed reading to children. Here is an article — "The Joy of Reading to Children" — I wrote for "Montessori Li...

It is so good to have libraries all around. Our local Greenland, NH library  has such beautiful and well stocked books for children and teen...

Here is a book I just wrote and is now published with Amazon:  Forward backwards THE SAME .  The book is available through Amazon.   Here is...

Supercommunicators  caught my attention right from the beginning with a uthor Charles Duhigg highlighting the importance and use of emotiona...

Dan Pink's Pinkcasts are short and present powerful information.  He is one of my favorite authors, advisors on leadership, and helper o...