Deborah L ScheinDeborah L. Schein, PhD has been an early childhood educator since 1972. She received a bachelor's degree in psychology, a master's degree in education with a focus on curriculum and instruction. She spent many years teaching in early cildhood classrooms in urban and suburban settings, and at numerous colleges. More recently, she completed a Ph.D in early childhood education, researching a definition of spiritual development for young children. This quest began when a young child came to her excitedly holding a worm in his hand. At this moment Deb realized that a language of spiritual development did not exist in this inner city school and possibly from most early childhood programs. Read More Read Less