All of the children have really been into small world play. Small world play is getting tiny animals, tiny people and creating play scenes with them. They do it for […]
Ye Ole Leprechaun Hunt
I don’t know how many years we’ve been doing our traditional leprechaun hunt. I know it’s a lot. I look forward to it each year. When I looked at the […]
Preschool Family
We read another book today from the Shubert series. This one was about a new boy coming to school. The children were so excited – but when he walked in […]
Heart Shaped Glasses
Conscious discipline -that you hear me rave about- has a series of books about a little guy name Schubert. The books are intended to teach the skills. They are also […]
Costumes and Loose parts
So this morning they piled out of the cars- princesses, superheroes, rock stars- we had a little bit of everything. There’s no real teaching in the wearing of costumes other […]
Fine Motor Development
To many people, fine motor development means the way a child holds and uses pencils, crayons, and scissors. But fine motor development is much more. To understand fine motor development […]
One of these things
One of these things is not like the other. I have been given opportunity this year for many grants. Two of them came with the materials already picked out. I […]
Looking for Learners
Today was much like every other day. I spent sone of my morning doing observations and taking notes. You don’t have to look far to see the learning taking place. […]
Outside Anyone?
After my Facebook post “defending play” conversation yesterday I felt empowered to honor my kids today by letting them have extra outside time. Isn’t it crazy that anyone would have […]