Yesterday was an incredibly busy day. It was wonderful for a lot of reasons but busy. Ms Emma from the UK came to visit us and stayed all day. She […]
Parent Conferences
Parent Conferences are required by Arkansas Better Chance funding. What should happen at an ideal parent-teacher conference? Ideally , the conference should just feel like a conversation between the […]
Creative Art
I have been seeing some really amazing art pieces ! I haven’t ” taught ” them to draw. I only supply materials and LOTS AND LOTS of time. COPIED […]
Taking Risks
Today one of the littles came up to me and said ” We made a trampoline. ” Hmm.. You did? What did you make it from ? […]
Documentation
The power of documentation. Transcriptions of children’s remarks and discussions, photographs of their activity, and representations of their thinking and learning are carefully studied. These documents have several functions. Most […]
The Magic of Preschool
We had a visitor here yesterday. As she walked in she said ” I can’t believe there are 16 children in here. It’s so quiet and calm.” Well.. yes, it […]
USDA Food Program
Taking a little break for the day from Conscious Discipline to talk about the food program . I try to keep you in the loop of everything that we do […]
Imaginative Play
No one has to tell or ” train ” children for imaginative play . They come wired already to pretend . Researchers have stated that there are three ” stages” […]
First Day 2017-2018 School Year
Look out 2017 – 2018 school year we are here ! Is it just me getting older or do the years seem to fly by ? Time waits for […]