Lori Blake

BOOK and BOOK CHAPTER PUBLICATIONS

Upcoming

• Blake, L., & Wilson Gibbs, M. (2025). Chapter 21: Stories about Valuing Diverse Cultural, Linguistic, and Family Experimental Knowledge (In Family Engagement in Education: Inclusive Approaches for Creating Collaborative and Equitable School Communities.) essay, Routledge.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Published

• Blake, L. (2025). We’re on Our Way: Building College and Career Readiness Skills in Preschool Through Self-Regulation Development Guided by Age-Appropriate Learning Experiences. IALS Journal, 15(1), 21-36.
• Blake, L., & Wilson Gibbs, M. (2024). Navigating Quality: One Public School System’s Approach to NAEYC Reaccreditation. Young Children, (Winter), 16-26.
• Blake, L. (2024, October 30). Guiding Young Students to Develop Self-Regulation These time-saving strategies for teaching early learners social and emotional skills incorporate activities you’re already using. Edutopia. https://www.edutopia.org/article/teaching-early-learners-sel-skills
• Blake, L. (2024, September 16). Review of Inclusive teaching: strategies for promoting equity in the college classroom. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 49(1), 55-56.
• Blake, L. (2023). Review of Kinaesthetic Learning in Early Childhood: Exploring Theory and Practice for Educators. Teachers College Record.

Upcoming

• Blake, L., Morrell, J., & Barone, L. (2026). Building Bridges Toward Success: Strategies for Seamless Kindergarten Transitions. Educating Young Children, (Spring).

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS - National/International

• Blake, L., Barriteau Phaire, C., & Acevedo, E. (2024, June). NAEYC Professional Learning Institute. In Cultivating Student Engagement in the Accreditation Process. New Orleans.
• Blake, L., Gozemba, D. (2023, June 4). Embrace, Reflect, Reframe and Respond with an Equity Lens. [a workshop discussing a three-year project to create more equity-minded practices with state-contracted technical assistance providers]. NAEYC Professional Learning Institute, Portland, OR.
• Blake, L. (2023, June 12). Preparing Preservice Early Childhood Teachers to be Equity-Minded in their Practice & to Implement the Four Goals of Anti-Bias Education. [a roundtable discussion of an Anti-Bias Education goals assignment and the intention to repeat and formalize the content next time to prepare for possible data collection.] NAECTE Summer Conference, Virtual.

Upcoming

• Blake, L. & Barriteau-Phaire, C. (2026, April 22). Let’s Try it and See. International Association of Laboratory Schools (IALS) Annual Conference, Jyvskyla, Finland.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS - Regional (Northeast/New England)

• Blake, L., Barriteau Phaire, C., et al., (2024, April). Cultivating Student Engagement in the Accreditation Process. NEERO Annual Conference, Portsmouth. NH.
• Blake, Lori. (2023, May 5). Preschool Teachers’ Concerted Efforts and Beliefs Connected to Building Self-Regulation Skills; Roundtable Discussion. [roundtable discussion on the methodology and literature review for this study which will take place 2023-2024 academic year). NEERO Annual Conference, Portsmouth. NH.

RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS - Local (Connecticut/Massachusetts)

• Blake, L. & Stone, M. (2022, October 14). Broadening Your Work as an Educational Consultant [A workshop for educational consultants looking to enhance their practice. In this session we will discuss developing goals of practice for yourself, connecting with your audience, knowing state standards, and effective communication and coaching strategies]. CTAEYC Annual Conference. Meriden, CT.
• Blake, L. & Stone, M. (2022, October 14). Optimizing your Educational Consultant [Looking to expand your relationship with your educational consultant and go beyond state minimal licensing requirements? In this session we will discuss how to develop an action plan with your consultant based on goals derived from program data, discuss how to formally develop a contract of consisting of specific work activities, practice interviewing skills, and look into the NAEYC Standards and ponder ideas on how to meet the expectations for consultants]. CTAEYC Annual Conference. Meriden, CT.