Hey, teacher friends! I’ve signed up to take an online class. Playful Learning is one of my favorite websites, books, and blogs. I first took Mariah’s Playful Learning Spaces class several years ago and I was hooked! I couldn’t wait for Wednesdays, each week, when Mariah would send out new videos and lessons. I
I’ve always been a huge fan of creating experiences for kids in the classroom, and I tend to like the messy stuff. I love to paint, do shaving cream, break out the play-doh, plant mini-gardens, and COOK! Yes, you read that right. I actually cook with my kindergarten students every year. While some kids have
I love teaching literacy in my classroom and it has always spilled over to my home life. Our home has been filled with books, library trips, interactive writing centers, and book making. My kids have always played along because (I think) I made it pretty fun! Now that they are getting older, and more active,
One of my most popular posts on my homelife blog was on creating a home writing center. This was a very easy project to put together and has seen YEARS of use. I wrote this post, initially, when me daughter was in kindergarten. She’s now in 4th grade. In the beginning, this was hung in
There was a happy accident in kindergarten today. We were doing some explorations with trees, leaves, twigs, and pinecones, when the kids started asking about hidden seeds inside of pinecones. They could see the seeds in there, but they didn’t come out very easily. We tried digging a few out with a pencil, but