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Here’s one of those great ideas that came from someone else. Simply put, these are pictures hidden by sand. A teacher I shared a classroom with on alternate days came up with this idea that 1) used up some of the mixed craft sand that was sitting around Read More...
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Here’s one of those ideas that happened because I was denied the ability to execute the plan. The story: We often plan around a vague theme just so we have a hook to hold on to and have an easier time trying to figure out which bits to extend based on Read More...
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Do you remember waaay back when I wrote about making a garbage garden ? That was lots of fun, but we had egg cartons left over. What to do? Clearly, the answer was, paint on them! This is just plain old tempera paint. We set out the separated cups as Read More...
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Holy cow, we got accredited! And not just barely, either. You only have to pass around 80% of the requirements and we had everything in the 90s% or 100%. Our classroom got a measly 94%! Woo hoo! The visitation day was less stressful than I thought it Read More...
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I am beginning to feel like the styrofoam crusader. I love the stuff. I don’t love what it does to our planet though, so when someone drops me a load of styrofoam and asks if I can do anything with it, I tell them yes. Better to use it until it’s unusable Read More...
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After a nice spring break this photo is what greeted me in the supply room when I went to fill the day's paint cups. Cool! No more paint boogies! For the uninitiated, when you use pumps with tempera paint they have a tendency to get clogged with dried Read More...
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Everyone who spends any time with children knows that the box something comes in is usually more fun than the thing that was in the box, right? The only thing better than those boxes are the REALLY big appliance boxes. But, heaven forbid, your box gets Read More...
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What do you think of that title above? That’s the name of my presentation at the next conference of the Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children . My proposal was accepted! It’s April 9-10 in Indianapolis. Now, I need some of your thoughts. Read More...
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A looooong time ago I posted about my frustration with the whole NAEYC accreditation process. A NAEYC person kindly responded to my post in a comment, but at the time I was only checking mail for emergency stuff because I was spending all my waking time Read More...
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This year we are going through NAEYC re-accreditation. At the beginning of this process I looked on it as a way to reflect on my teaching and my classroom. I had hoped that I would be able to find things that I should improve upon or at least think about. Read More...
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It’s my first time hosting a carnival! Yeah! I hope I got enough fairway food for everyone… First up, a couple of items about brain research. Always learning, we teachers are. Joanne Jacobs gets us started with some information about learning styles . Read More...
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By now your school Christmas celebrations are over and all the kids have started their winter break. Now that you have a chance to breathe, I’ll share with you what we did (or didn’t) do. I’ll warn you, it’s a little non-traditional! My nursery school Read More...
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It's really difficult to teach something as subtle as “gentle” to a two-year-old. Last year I had a kid who thought that “gentle” meant he was supposed to give a hug! Pressure is a difficult concept, particularly when children are still learning what Read More...
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Yeah, I know I’ve been a slacker. But between accreditation, working 5 days with 2 different teachers, and preparing for the NAEYC conference, it’s been busy! We leave Wednesday afternoon for the conference and won’t be back until late Saturday night. Read More...
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I am in the midst of an occasional series on food allergies for classroom teachers. I hope to eventually put the posts all together for a presentation at a conference next year, but I’m having trouble deciding what teachers need to know. As a parent of Read More...
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