Category Archives: Mindful Monday

Mindful Monday- Dramatic Play Idea

Mindful Monday

This is where each Monday we are mindful of our pedagogy, slowly adjusting our lessons to match our theories.

Hey guys!  Just a quickie little post this morning.  I am a huge advocate of having a rotating selection in your preschool dramatic play area.  The problem with rotating materials out is… having materials to rotate!  This is the time of year to find great deals on dress-up items.  Wait until the week of Halloween (or better yet, the day AFTER!) and you can get all those costume goodies for cheap.  If there is something you want now, check the dollar stores.  Many of them have dress-up items year round, but their selection is much better in October.  I snapped a few pictures when I was in my local store picking up other classroom goodies.WP_20150915_010 WP_20150915_009 WP_20150915_008

 

Mindful Monday- Circle Time- is your circle hip or square?

Mindful Monday- Circle Time- is your circle hip or square?

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

Mindful Monday- Group Work

Mindful Monday- Group Work

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

Mindful Monday- Nursey Rhymes

Mindful Monday- Nursey Rhymes

Mindful Monday This is where each Monday we are mindful of our pedagogy, slowly adjusting our lessons to match our theories. Hopefully by now you have noticed that I like to incorporate many various learning modalities and content areas into each lesson.  I wanted to share a few lesson ideas on nursery rhymes today.  Nursery… Continue Reading

Mindful Monday- Plants

Mindful Monday- Plants

Mindful Monday This is where each Monday we are mindful of our pedagogy, slowly adjusting our lessons to match our theories.  We use each spring to teach children about plants.  I bet I could enter any school from infants to fifth grade and see something about plants in a lesson during the spring.  It is… Continue Reading