Wednesday Words We will look at the words that define us. If you have spent much time teaching young children you have heard of impulse control, but what is it? First let’s look at the brain: source The main part of the brain that is in control during the act of stopping to think… Continue Reading
Time-Out Tuesday Each Tuesday we will take time out of the classroom to learn about each other. A few years ago I began a journey to become more financially secure. I had finished my Master’s about a year prior and thought it was time to start hitting the college debt hard. What was shocking was… Continue Reading
Mindful Monday This is where each Monday we are mindful of our pedagogy, slowly adjusting our lessons to match our theories. There are some things that are universal among early childhood classrooms. One of those elements is circle time. While there is no real hard and fast rules for conducting circle time, there are several guidelines… Continue Reading
Fill it up Friday Each Friday we will look at an article to fill up on the whys of teaching. This is one of my favorite books EVER. Seriously! If you haven’t heard of it yet please, please, please check it out! Anyone who knows me in real life knows that I frequently read books… Continue Reading
Thursday Thoughts This is where we will collaborate on classroom issues. “I’m doing a presentation about the connection between classroom engagement and behavior management when dealing with my students here in China (age 1-6). What are some strategies or resources you would recommend?” -Tre T. (Shenzhen, China) Obviously I will be attacking this… Continue Reading
Wednesday Words We will look at the words that define us.Number sense. Does that term make sense to you? Enough with the word play already, lets define!Number sense simply refers to the ability to understand and use numbers. This is not a topic that is taught in one lesson, instead think of it as an… Continue Reading
Time-Out Tuesday Each Tuesday we will take time out of the classroom to learn about each other. Just a little update on my garden. Wow has it been workin’ it! It looks like I am going to have more cucumbers than I will know what to do with. Do you have any recipes? My squash… Continue Reading
Mindful Monday This is where each Monday we are mindful of our pedagogy, slowly adjusting our lessons to match our theories.Group work. Man that statement can elicit many different responses based on what you endured in school. As the uber control freak I hated group projects. The other people couldn’t possibly do the work “right” so I would… Continue Reading
Thursday Thoughts This is where we will collaborate on classroom issues.A few weeks ago we talked a bit about apologies. If you haven’t read that post you can find it here. We talked about how it is important to teach children to move toward giving apologies, but not forcing them to do so.Now that you’ve practiced… Continue Reading
Wednesday Words We will look at the words that define us.Have you ever wondered what phonemic awareness means? It is a term used much more frequently in preschool and early elementary levels, but it has roots in infancy.First things first- what is a phoneme? A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a given… Continue Reading