Prepare for kindergarten with "Are We Ready"
How Does Your Garden Grow?
We’ve been busy in kindergarten lately. (Well, kindergarten is always a busy place.) I love setting up different provocations for the kids using natural materials, art supplies, and questions for them to think about. I have a cute little wooden table in my classroom that is the place, kids have figured out, that I set
The Loose Tooth List & Why Tools of The Trade Matter for All Ages
Last week was a really big week at our house for a couple of reasons. First, my oldest turned FIVE. That alone made me wonder where all the time had gone since we brought her home from the hospital, but I’ve been feeling that way since before she was born. The bigger, and maybe more
Free Kindergarten Readiness Ebook – Are We Ready?
Several years ago I decided to write an ebook. I had just sent my youngest off to kindergarten and I was thinking, “There were so many things I wasn’t prepared for, when sending my child off to school.” I had been a first and second grade teacher for many years when my son (my first
Pop! A Book About Bubbles
The highlight of my work week… ok, maybe my whole year, is doing bubbles with my kindergarten students. You might be thinking, “Oh, how cute. They are probably working on the letter B.” Nope. We are working on poetry writing, discovering properties of liquids, and exploring provocations about water. Our work started with Pop! A
Reading and the Rain
We live in the Pacific Northwest. This place is part of us and because of that so is the rain. A few days ago CC and I were going about our normal Monday-preschool, lunch and some afternoon playtime. We had grand plans to go outside and checkout our neighbor’s yard project, complete with rented tractor,