The funny thing about the brace is that it really doesn't seem to brace anything. It's so loose when he gets here in the morning that I really...
I have a child in my class who has been wearing an arm brace/sling kind of thing since the first day of school (nearly a month):(. Supposedly,...
I don't actually have a long lunch at all (I'm lucky to get 15 minutes). The saving grace for me this year is that I have a really AWESOME...
Thanks MRSC. I was thinking that I probably should do that.
Thanks! It's so frustrating! Being on the parent side sure gives me a different perspective! I hope I never made a parent feel the way I am...
Things with my son were going slightly better for most of the last week or so. He was getting most of the stamps on his behavior plan and was...
I really don't like to use time-out, where kids are just sitting for 4-5 minutes doing nothing. For one, I feel it is a waste of their learning...
Can you enlist the help of the grandparents if they are living with them right now?
In addition to a behavior plan for him, I would also make sure that I am heaping the praise on the kids who are doing the right thing. Not the...
I teach PreK now, but even when I taught K, I had rest time for one hour EVERY DAY. So many of our kids do not get enough rest at night and are...
How do you guys get your parents to order that many $ worth of books? Last year, I only sent in two orders and on both of them, I had to buy some...
Right now, I have different discovery bottles in the science center. I like to start with those while we are learning procedures of how to rotate...
In my school, there are times when we definitely aren't "in ratio" because my assistant or I have to be out of the room for one thing or another...
I agree. Thumb-sucking can be related to stress. I had a child in K who would suck his thumb constantly in class. Turned out he was a very young...
The TA in his class came over the other day and had a similar story and advice. It's nice to hear that this won't last forever.
That would be helpful. Thanks!
Okay, I'm going to try to condense this, but there's a lot that's been going on. I have't posted any updates the last few days because things...
I am here! It's just been crazy busy for me this week. I have four kids, so I've been at back to school night, curriculum night, etc every night...
What is your birthday cut off for K? Our kids have to be 5 by September 1 to attend K (4 by Sept. 1 for PreK). Have you tried some sort of...
Thankfully, the school sort of solved this problem for me. We did end up receiving our breakfast grant for this year, so all of my children eat...
