Today was fairly routine. We have six returning children who know ALL THE THINGS so that was helpful. I of course did the rookie moves like making family time last […]

The environment is my third teacher. If I set my environment up and maintain it learning happens. Today the boys were looking for worms and tipping over the hop scotch […]

There are 12 school days left in this year. Where did the time go? I am torn this time of year. Even with my proud boasting of developmentally appropriate practice […]

We did another process art today that was so much fun and I think they turned out beautiful. First we explored bubbles The children were amazed. Next we pressed our […]

Today was Great – until it wasn’t. Today was very low key. We’ve been waiting for a day like today where the rain forced us to stay inside and we […]

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 […]