Once a month our licensing standard requires us to have a fire drill and a tornado drill. Today we did our first fire drill. The smoke alarms go off and […]

Today we focused on how and when we wash our hands. I can let you know here when the important times to wash our hands are: When we come in […]

A lot of people think that in an environment like mine that is child- led there is no plan and there is definitely no lesson planning. But that is far […]

Several years ago I started working with a program that helped me learn to regulate as I helped children. Conscious Discipline is an emotional intelligence program where children learn to […]

Friday is the day that red books go home. In the past children always got excited about carrying their books with learning stories in them home. Parents are usually pretty […]

Yesterday we did our first self portrait. We do them at the beginning of each month but I wanted one for the first day. They are displayed in our hallway. […]

Randy and I literally spent the whole summer with our house in chaos having our rooms repainted and flooring put down. It was a deal. And then our fence was […]

It’s amazing to me. In quality indicators they teach us to separate our areas – quite centers ( reading , art , etc) should not be placed near loud areas […]

The children and I did some rearranging today. We moved the block area down stairs and the tables upstairs. Why move it now ? There are literally 8 school days […]