Gaye Gronlund, MA, is an early childhood consultant and trains educators, administrators, and policymakers across the country. She is a former preschool, kindergarten, and primary teacher of both regular and special education. Gaye holds a master's degree in adult learning and early childhood education. She is the author of Saving Play , Focused Observations , Early Learning Standards and Staff Development , and Developmentally Appropriate Play . Bev Engel taught and consulted in the field of Early Childhood Education for over thirty years. After beginning her career as a preschool teacher, Bev became a tenured faculty member of the Early Childhood Education Department at Vanier College in Montreal, where she taught early childhood curriculum design and implementation and supervised students in fieldwork practice. Bev received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Early Childhood Education from Sir George Williams University (Montreal), a Master of Arts in Organization Development and Leadership from Goddard College (Vermont) and a Graduate Diploma in College Teaching from McGill University (Montreal). She passed away in 2014.