Lo que saben los preescolares sobre la excelencia | Kendall Syska | TEDxRiverfield Country Day School

La educadora de la primera infancia Kendall Syska reflexiona sobre lo que los niños en edad preescolar ya entienden sobre el aprendizaje y la excelencia. La charla se basa en observaciones en un aula de inspiración Reggio en Tulsa, Oklahoma, y en investigaciones de psicología y neurociencia. Aborda la curiosidad, la creatividad, la colaboración, la resiliencia y el aprendizaje a partir de los errores, y propone entender la excelencia como una actitud de descubrimiento continuo más que como un desempeño perfecto.

• Observaciones en aulas de primera infancia
• Curiosidad, creatividad y colaboración
• Aprender de los errores y resiliencia

In a world that often equates excellence with achievement, performance, and perfection, preschoolers reveal a different model. Through observations from early childhood classrooms alongside research in psychology and neuroscience, this talk explores how curiosity, creativity, collaboration, resilience, and learning through mistakes form the foundation of meaningful growth. By examining what young children already understand about learning, audiences are invited to reconsider excellence not as flawless performance, but as the courage to remain curious, adaptable, and engaged in the process of discovery. Kendall Syska is an Early Childhood Educator at Riverfield Country Day School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, working in a Reggio-inspired environment that values curiosity, collaboration, and exploration. She grew up in Houston, Texas, and later moved to Stillwater to attend Oklahoma State University, where she earned her B.A. in Psychology while working in children’s programs supporting international student families in toddler and after-school settings. These experiences shaped Kendall’s interest in how young children learn through relationships, play, and experimentation. Her work now explores what these early learning experiences reveal about human development and how they challenge the way we think about excellence, growth, and education. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx