Random Acts of Kindness

Tis the season… We started talking about Valentine’s Day today. It’s interesting that most of the kids think Valentine’s Day is for giving gifts. We discussed that Valentines is a […]

Puzzles

Today is international puzzle day . Give us a reason to celebrate and we will run full steam ahead. We had puzzles that worked with magnets. We had large floor […]

Responsibility for Preschoolers

You might be surprised to know that every afternoon the play rooms are almost clean to the point of perfection. No I don’t mean by me, I mean as the […]

GO NAPSACC

At some point this month I was in a training called Go NAPSACC . The idea of the training is that you look at what you’re already doing to help […]

Play schemas

If you’ve been with me a few years you know I set a professional development goal for myself each year. It’s imperative that I continue to learn. When I stop […]

Reflections

Our work this week is spinning mainly off the very last conversation I had on Friday with Melanie. She looked on the wall and saw the reflections from the prisms […]

Perspective

Probably the person to learn the biggest lesson today is me. I have a huge Keynote tomorrow for Michigan. I’m excited about it. I’m proud of it. But even with […]

We Appreciate The Squirrels 🤷🏻‍♀️

You know I don’t do thematic units but ever once in a while we get excited about celebrating certain days. So far this month we have celebrated international popcorn day […]

Watching History

I need to think back to how many presidents have been sworn in since I have cared for children. Every year that I can remember we have watched the inauguration […]

It’s National Strawberry Ice Cream Day

Woo hoo! It’s national strawberry ice cream day! Let’s celebrate !!! But why ? I include silly nonsense holidays like this on our calendar for many reasons. 1. It gives […]