First Day 20-21

I don’t think anyone was more excited for the first day of school than I was. I hardly slept at all last night. Randy said probably due to excitement. I […]

Our Best Life

Today we are living our best life. We started our morning with our normal family time routine including our “purple book.” Then I asked the children what they thought about […]

Train Tracks

Today we took out the huge box of train tracks. Ms Holly was able to find them upstairs and lug them down to us. ( Thanks Holly !). Zion was […]

Trains

Today we started opening up the possibly of a train project. though the math certainly upstaged my plans today Though the mud certainly upstaged my plans today we were able […]

Transition Time

I needed to take the time to do a couple dial 3 assessments for transition conferences that will be held tomorrow. I am stoked . Both girls doubled their scores […]

Visual Supports

Have you ever been really sad or angry but did not know how to verbalize it? Sometimes children feel that way too. That’s why visual supports throughout our classroom are […]

Teach a Skill

I think the thing we most forget about children is that they don’t know a skill until they experience it or it is taught to them. There is an old […]

Phonemic Awareness

The lack of phonemic awareness is the most powerful determinant of the likelihood of failure to read . -( Adams , 1990)  What is phonemic awareness? Phonemic awareness is […]