Our building is doing the same thing. We have sections of 29, 28, and 27 in the am and 26 in the pm. Once the new section starts we'll be at 23...
I have to teach a lesson on Th. to a group of approx. 25 children. Here is what it involves: The following GLCE is to be addressed in this...
See, I'm not a big homework person either. Homework will come too much too soon. However, I might make some ABC cards so she'll have something...
I have a child who will miss a week for a family vacation and the mom has asked me to pass along any missed work. Well, most of what we do is...
I just spoke to a PT about this b/c my daughter sits like that and she said new research is coming out that it is not as bad as once previously...
I teach a GSRP (Great Start Readiness Program) in MI. All of my students must be 4 but not 5 by Dec. 1. They must meet two risk factors and half...
I agree with the previous two posters. Preschoolers are egocentric and need to learn how to solve problems, not what is "bad" or "good." I've...
I have 18 kids in my very small classroom (I so wish I had more space), but when we do inclusion we can have atleast that many as they go between...
I completely agree with you! Not to mention, our curriculum is High Scope which would completely disagree with limiting the numbers of kids per...
I want to have a calendar in my room, but am unsure of how to use it. After reading the NAEYC article again, I came up with a few ideas but I...
Raising hand here! Now that I'm back in education, I just want to get away from cookie cutter projects and focus more on kid's interests. I'm so...
I use the Leader of the Day that I got from vannapk website. I put a student's name in the envelope and we pull out a letter one at a time. For...
Each month we send home a family project. In Oct. we sent home a scarecrow, Nov. a turkey feather, Dec. a blank sheet for them to create...
BTW, we do monthly family projects. When our state consultant came to evaluate us, we got marked down for our scarecrows (outline of a scarecrow...
YES! YES! YES! To both of you! :) This is where I want to move my room this year. When I was at training, I thought of the art projects I...
I would explain to the parents why you are forgoing the system. It seems like a lot of work to me, and I guess I don't know how much I buy into...
We do inclusion at our building. I teach typical at-risk children (must meet 2 of 25 risk factors but half must be income eligible) for a...
Wow! This is a very interesting thread. Last year I had so many boys who loved Spiderman, etc. I want to encourage this year's group of kids to...
So, do you do themes? We did them last year, but the other lead teacher and myself want to move away from them. I mean, we still want to teach...
Well, it was the week long intro to High Scope and the instructor was excellent! She has been in education for 34 years and teaches many children...
