| How can we learn to see clearly
the child in his world? How can we affect the world the child lives in?
To address these issues we must learn to see both the child and
ourselves. Every social transaction—whether on a playground,
in the classroom, or on a bus—is a teachable moment. Each
interaction offers another chance to learn, to change and to grow for
both the adult and the child.
—Effie
Kuriloff,
Former
Director, Rocky Mt. Cooperative Preschool
Shot over the
course of a school year, The Tricycle Solution portrays
the daily experience of a cooperative preschool where parents are as
much students as their children. The normal events and emotions of a
preschoolers day—playing, creating, discovering, crying,
fighting, and resolving disagreements—are seen in intimate
detail, as the teacher, Effie Kuriloff, elucidates her provocative
approach.
Available as a continuing
education course for CEU credit or clock hours. For more information
call 1-800-405-8942 or visit our page at Child Development Media
LINKS
You
are three! NO, I AM FOUR!, an exemplary tale by Effie Kuriloff
“More
from Effie,” an interview, edited by Ursula Krainock
Effie's
biography
Intelligence
of the Heart, Workshop film
Rocky Mountain Tricycle Solution
Contact PatchWorks
for information about The Effie Kuriloff Archive.
SCREENINGS
California
Council of Parent Participation Nursery Schools
Zero to Three
National Training Institute
Early Head
Start Training Institute in Washington
Infant
Development Association Conference
QUOTES
“My experience in bringing to public forums, the film, The Tricycle Solution: Teachable Moments for Parents and Preschoolers has been invigorating for me. The discussions after the screening are provocative, honest, and positive.”
-- Effie Kuriloff, Former Director of Rocky Mountain Cooperative
Preschool
“This film gives us a glimpse of the enormous gift a good school can bestow; the ability to experience the world from the viewpoint of a learner.”
-- Marilyn Chandler Schwartz, M.A., Formerly Director of Children’s
Program, Child Study Center, UC Berkeley
“A powerful little film. I’d like to use it to do an in-service with teachers…What you’re doing with young children, we’re attempting to do with adolescents…a joy to see children resolving their problems…The grace with which you facilitated, totally spiritual. You walk around like a goddess in your own right. Totally convicted in what you’re saying and that conviction comes through.”
-- James Cusack, M.S. Director, Sand Paths Academy, San
Francisco
“Brilliant. Captures so much about the school philosophy…’talk less, that is the thing I learned the most, exactly that – avoid interrupting’…”
-- Victor Menotti, Alumni, father of Sabina, alumni student
“That’s a great film.”
-- Dr. Sam Susselman, Psychiatrist
“Excellent examples of effective intervention or non-intervention, as the case may be.”
-- Ruth Frost, Alumni, mother of Noelle, alumni student
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