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Blog4 Strategies to Help Children Reconstruct Stories
“The mama hen was super frustrated cause mamas always have to do all the hard work by themselves. But that’s why they get to eat all the bread!” I bet...
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Blog8+ Ways to Support Literacy Skills Development
It’s never too early to nurture children’s development of language and literacy skills. Even at a very young age, experiencing different genres of books, hearing stories from the adults who...
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BlogGroundhogs and Paper Airplanes: Creating Deeper Learning Experiences
Groundhogs Last week, my five-year-old said, “Mama, next week if the groundhog sees her shadow, it will mean more winter and if she doesn’t see her shadow it means more...
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BlogA Good Grader
Recently I was reminded of my late father, a man who spent his entire career working in heavy construction. Before he oversaw the building of tunnels, bridges, dams, and highways,...
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BlogCommunity Helpers: Thinking Beyond the Badge
Have you ever felt really good about something you were planning for your class to engage in only to think, in hindsight, “Boy, was I wrong in how I approached...
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BlogKeeping It Real: Making Social Studies Learning Relevant to Young Children
For young children, effective learning about social studies topics such as history, geography, economics, and civics means has to be concrete and relevant to their lives. Young children are best...
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BlogEmbracing Impromptu Investigations
The prospect of snow in the forecast this week reminds me of how much I LOVED the first flurries of the season as a teacher. As soon as I saw...
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