Article Link: http://exchangepress.com/article/everything-has-changed/5021540/
By necessity, early childhood educators are masters of change. Change is the most reliable element in a classroom of young children. Children change more in their first five years of life than at any other time. What delighted Destiny this week, may not next week. Devin, who just enrolled a few months ago, is now old enough to move up to the next classroom. Sam loved his teachers and classroom last month; now he clings and cries at drop-off. Change is daily, at times hourly; yet, when change happens across a center, life as we know it can become unpredictable and upsetting.Adults may cope with some change without even realizing they are adapting, and yet with other changes, adaptation seems impossible. This inconsistency may be because some change comes without warning or without a context for understanding it. Working with organizations, large and small, either as a staff member or as an outside consultant, you may find responses to change are much like a curious three year old: with questions.
“Whose idea was it?”
“How will it affect me?”
“Will I be able to adapt to the change?”
“Do I even want to?”
Pause a moment to think of the word change; what feelings ...