Wednesday Words We will look at the words that define us. We often talk about “developmental milestones” with parents. We compare how the children in our care are progressing toward these milestones and often create experiences that will help children meet these milestones. The idea with these milestones is to give caregivers and idea of… Continue Reading
Fill it up Friday Each Friday we will look at an article to fill up on the whys of teaching. As you may have noticed by now I am a huge believer in positive guidance. I feel that young children need to be taught how to behave and manage emotions instead of being punished… Continue Reading
Thursday Thoughts This is where we will collaborate on classroom issues. “A mother of one of my students told me that she and her husband will be getting a divorce this summer. What should I do in the classroom to help my student? I teach the 3 year olds and he is almost 4 now.”… Continue Reading
Wednesday Words We will look at the words that define us. In the last Wednesday Words post we looked at what “informal assessments” are and how we use them in an early childhood classroom. Today we are looking at formal assessments. May is a great time to review the meaning of formal assessments since this… Continue Reading
Time-Out Tuesday Each Tuesday we will take time out of the classroom to learn about each other. You may have thought I fell of the face of the Earth or was abducted by aliens. Truth is I haven’t been blogging because late last summer an alien invaded me. What I mean is I had a… Continue Reading
Thursday Thoughts This is where we will collaborate on classroom issues. “I loved the idea of the soft spot where children can go calm down in the classroom. What should I do outside? With it being summer and all we are out all the time.” Janet T. Norfolk, VA Great question Janet! We talked about… Continue Reading
Wednesday Words We will look at the words that define us. If you have kids or have spent anytime in the world of education you have heard about assessments. Sometimes it seems like we assess more than we teach! That being said there are multiple ways to assess learning. Informal assessments are those assessments that… Continue Reading
Time-Out Tuesday Each Tuesday we will take time out of the classroom to learn about each other. So last week I talked about how I used Dave Ramsey’s plan to become debt free. I have so many people ask me “ok, that’s great that you used his plan….. but what did you do to pay… Continue Reading
Mindful Monday This is where each Monday we are mindful of our pedagogy, slowly adjusting our lessons to match our theories. Do you ever get tired of teaching the “have-to’s” ? I do! There was a part of my day last year and the year before that I gave up to the children. I allowed… Continue Reading
Thursday Thoughts This is where we will collaborate on classroom issues. “I know this is normally about classroom issues, but with the 4th of July coming up I have one about family time. How can I keep my discipline consistent around family? My family is more of a swat on the butt kinda family and I am trying to work on… Continue Reading