Are you ready for the fun and festivities of the day? I know I am! The cookies are baked, the fried chicken has been ordered, and 60 of my closest friends are coming for a picnic. It’s shaping up to be a fun day! If your kids are anything like mine, they will eat too
It’s camping week in kindergarten and today we were telling campfire stories. Now, I’m not a big fan of spooky stories, especially with the kindergarten crowd, but we did have a fun time telling funny stories. Someone who walks into my classroom during this story telling time might think it’s a fun activity, but not
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
It’s Parent/Teacher conference week in the school district I work in. I love talking with parents! It’s one of my favorite parts of the job. While conference week is exhausting, in the sense that I don’t get home until 8pm on several nights of the week, I find it so inspiring. I get to talk
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