There are many times through the day children ask for help. Most times no matter what it is I say “ you try first .” When I jump in I […]

When I was an ABC classroom annual assessments were required. I always did an end of year assessment too – I mean if you have a baseline why not check […]

Even art work done for art shows can be process art. The biggest difference with this art and all our other art is the children are invited and not given […]

We are nearing the end of the year and our art show. Some of our friends are not inclined to do art. Over the next few weeks I will be […]

This is the time of year we begin cleaning off the winter blah from our outside area. There is usually just normal wear and tear from materials being in the […]

This is the time of year where worms are abundant. The fun is in finding them. Traditional preschools might do a worm unit that looks like this – I will […]

We started out the day doing our self portraits . Hazel added glasses to hers today ! Then we did a still life drawing of the beautiful tulips that Yaels […]

This month I am working with another group that is focusing on outdoor play. We are talking about all the standards we meet inside and how they can be met […]

Mondays are almost always the same. The children are excited to see each other and play and explore They are also tired and needing extra rest from the weekend. Especially […]

Well we don’t actually SEE spring but we see signs of spring. This morning we ate breakfast outside As the children sat they began to hear and see birds flying […]