This absolutely made my day today- as we opened the door I heard our first child running down the sidewalk yelling “yippee!!” It’s such a good feeling to know when […]
It’s the simple things
The children’s favorite “toy” still remains a $1 stack of disposable cups. The way I taught years ago – 30 degrees outside and I am doing a unit on ” […]
Ordinal Numbers
Littles this age don’t need to know what “ordinal numbers” are but that doesn’t mean we can draw attention to them when it comes naturally – like On the FIRST […]
Christmas memories.
What is in your memory bank from Christmases past? As a child I can honestly tell you that I remember two gifts. I’l probably remember those gifts because I’ve seen […]
Rotating materials
Do you have toys at home that the children never touch? We are constantly looking at our environment and changing things around to keep the children engaged. One thing is […]
Dinosaur Bones
This morning I looked at the weather. Our days for spending extra amounts of time are quickly coming to an end. I noticed the temp was going to start dropping […]
Christmas Times a Comin’
Today I took out the Christmas materials box so the room was a buzz with exploration. A favorite is always … always disposable cups they love to count and stack […]
Precious Crap-tivities
So you guys know how I feel about teacher directed art for this age group. But there’s one time a year that I ditch my personal beliefs for the good […]
Power of Perception
When Holly called in this morning I thought … this can be bad or this can be great. I chose great ! Immediately I began thinking of all the things […]