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Saturday, November 26, 2011

Bumpity Bump Bump

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Here is one of our Name Games from our popular team-building workshops. Bumpity Bump Bump Circle Up. Choose an IT.  IT goes up y...
Thursday, September 22, 2011

Best Practices for an Afterschool Program Indoor Environment

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The indoor space needs to be clean and colorful, interesting and inviting, and should reflect the children, their varying ages, cultures, ...
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Saturday, September 17, 2011

Science of Sunshine - UV Detection Beads

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As we were getting ready to begin, Madison snuck in some English and SPANISH language arts when she read them a poem that she wrote about ou...
Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Habit #7 is Communication

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Wise men speak because they have something to say. Fools speak because they have to say something.—Plato Dynamic and highly-effective afte...
Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Habit #6 is Community Building

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Community Building is a habit that is a paradigm shift away from “activity-led” programming, which creates a curriculum centered on the ac...
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Sunday, August 7, 2011

ABC's of Powerful Programming Practices

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“Learning and development are interrelated from the child’s very first day of life.”  – Lev Vygotsky The ABC's of  Powerful Progra...
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Habit #5 is Influence

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Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.—Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership is getti...
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About Chelsea and Mike

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Chelsea Ashcraft and Mike Ashcraft
Mike and Chelsea have been active in the child and youth development field since 1989. They currently live in a small mountain community of Cedar Grove, New Mexico with their two wonderful daughters. They met while working at a YMCA that ran a summer day camp and school-age child care program. They founded and direct a non-profit organization that provides youth development programs as well as staff training, and consulting. Mike taught courses in brain-based teaching, and middle childhood development for Concordia University. Mike is a Past President of the NM School-Age Care Alliance and the NM Association for the Education of Young Children. Chelsea teaches courses in leadership, child care management, early childhood guidance, and teaching strategies at the Central New Mexico college. Mike is the author of Best Practices: Guidelines for School-Age Programs and the Best Practices Workbook. They frequently teach workshops, seminars, and keynotes. Mike and Chelsea are co-authors of Leading to Learn, Learning to Lead:- Organizational Leadership for Youth Development and Child Care Directors.
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