A wise friend is mentoring / teaching / inspiring me to remember why I do family childcare . We are working our way through a series of tough questions she […]
Learning Takes Place Every Where
As I work through really embracing the Reggio philosophy and a child-led curriculum I have been honest enough to say I am STRUGGLING . I am on the STRUGGLE bus […]
Meaningful Writing Experiences
At this age teaching writing is not only a terrible waste of time but also it is NOT developmentally appropriate . Sometimes teachers or parents ignore science and years of […]
Pumpkin Visual
Today we took time to look at our pumpkin . We smelled it. We touched it. We talked about it and made a list of all the things we ” […]
Isn’t Easter Over ?
When you look at today’s pictures you might think – – wait… last week before Easter she didn’t have bunnies and eggs out. Today, the week after the Easter holiday […]
Post Thanksgiving
Most of you know that I have gradually become more natural, hippified, simplistic , reggio – inspired , child centered, …. there are so many adjectives that could explain or […]
Stop , Think and Choose
Today is one of those days that people will look back to say ” I remember the day ( fill in the blank ) was elected President of the United […]
Its Fri-yay Y’all !
We are not perfect teachers but we certainly try to learn from our own mistakes . Yesterday we did not get in as much outside time. Today outside time […]