The Bing Times
The Bing Times is published annually in the fall, recounting news and stories of the previous year's classroom curricula, research activities, undergraduate teaching, interactions with parents and educators, and significant events in the life of the school. Each issue can be downloaded as a PDF document or perused as individual online articles. Annual issues are available from 2000 to the present.
2023 Issue
By Jenna Valasek, Teacher
Laboratory schools like Bing serve missions that go beyond educating our youngest learners to include research, instructing university students, and, for some, teacher training. It was therefore inspiring and…
By Andrea Alexander Gorgazzi and Rylee Jackson, Teachers
As families settle into the new year, parents already have kindergarten on their minds, wondering how to get their children ready for kindergarten, and often asking what readiness…
By Sandi Gedeon, Administrative Director
After a three-year hiatus due to COVID-19, we were finally able to hold our annual Bing Children’s Fair on May 21. Since there were many graduating families who were never able to experience a Bing…
By Sandi Gedeon, Administrative Director
On November 12, 2022, after the COVID-19 pandemic had suspended our in-person auction for two years, we gathered for “Bing Goes to Bollywood,” our 33rd annual Bing Harvest Moon Auction, at the…
2022 Issue
By Jennifer Winters, Director
We welcome you back to the 2022–23 school year and look forward to building a vibrant Bing community. After two years of pandemic restrictions that prevented parents from entering our building, we were so…
By Karla Kane, journalist and former Bing parent
A child watches an adult play with blocks. When she’s given some similar toys to try, she soon realizes hers are not behaving as expected. “It’s not sticking,” she says, noting…
By Chia-wa Yeh, Head Teacher and Research Coordinator
Do children prefer to get feedback about their work from an adult who gives praise selectively rather than someone who praises everything, regardless of the quality? Stanford…
By Adrienne Lomangino, Head Teacher
This year Bing was reaccredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, an endorsement that comes up for renewal every five years. This undertaking involved a process of…
By Rinna Sanchez-Baluyut, Head Teacher
“Fly like a butterfly.
Fly like a butterfly.
Fly like a butterfly through the sky.”
This song, sung by Bari Koral, is often played during music and movement time in our…
By Nandini Bhattacharjya, Head Teacher, and Betsy Koning, Teacher
Once upon a time, the children in West AM began to show a flair for storytelling and dictated a variety of stories for teachers to write down at the language table.…