What Is Critical Thinking? “Critical thinking happens when children draw on their existing knowledge and experience, as well as on their problem-solving skills, to do things like: Compare and contrast […]
Spiders and Dinosaurs
Today was a normal day. Some of the children noticed a few games that were given to me for Preston. One of the boxes was a floor puzzle of a […]
My Kind of House
Sometimes the way kids talk and think cracks me up. O- Miss Debbie why is there a house in your school? Me- because I live here and I also have […]
Like An Old Quilt
Most of our days are like an old quilt lovingly pieced together with different fabrics gently woven into a masterpiece. Every day the children show us what excitement there is […]
We Are Ready
There is a lot of talk about kindergarten. This time of year is always a little nerve-racking for me. Have I provided enough provocations? Have I introduced enough tools to […]
Butterfly Release
In the morning we prepped our game faces. We pretended we were butterfly’s drinking nectar. And then we released our butterfly friends. It was a pretty Good Friday.
Cakes and Caterpillars
Since we are having a butterfly release party tomorrow we decided a cake was necessary. I mean, they also suggested tattoos and balloons and presents but I was able […]
Butterfly Business
Today the excitement over our butterflies continued. We now have 6 beautiful painted ladies ! We played a butterfly dance song and flew around the room Some kids made a […]
Butterflies 🦋
Last night after school was out one lone butterfly emerged. I was so excited. By this morning 3 more butterflies had metamorphosed . We read the Eric Carle book “The […]