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 […]

Outside!

I love when the weather changes and it allows us to spend more time outside. Kids love to play outside! And teachers love outdoor time too. It’s a relaxing, stress […]

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 […]

Why Not Suess?

Most of you have been with me for a while but some of you were here when I used to celebrate every holiday that came around in such a big […]