The Shape of Things

Shapes are all around us in natural objects, architecture, signs, and even in the numerals and letters we use. Shape knowledge underlies algebra, geometry, and other domains of higher mathematics. […]

Building Confidence

Building confidence in young children is an amazing way for them to gain resilience . When I feel in control of who I am I feel powerful. When I am […]

Happy Valentines 2019

We read two of my favorite Valentines books today. “Froggy’s First KISS” and “Dinofours Valentines Day .” Ask you little how Froggy’s mom and teacher call his name. FFFFFRRRRRRROOOGGGYYYYYY! Ask […]

Kindergarten Ready

Yesterday I spent three hours at Northside in transition conferences for my littles that receive speech services here. This is a wonderful day. It’s a time I get to really […]

Three More Days

Waiting is the hardest part for young children. They wait for meals. They wait for mom. They wait for the restroom. This week we are waiting on Valentines to get […]

Self portraits

We do these once a month. It’s amazing to see the progression

Those Nasty Disgusting Germs

Today we revisited a short story that has become a favorite during flu/ illness season. We wash our hands a lot. We teach the children how to wash hands but […]

V is for Valentine

Today we broke open the Valentines prop box.

Let’s Go Outside

Kids love to play outside! And teachers love outdoor time, too. It’s a relaxing, stress reducing, tension relieving part of the day, and the time when much development and learning […]

Letter Learning

Learning the names of alphabet letters – like all early learning – is best done in the context of what is meaningful to young children. Many children first learn the […]