Nannies are common all through history...throughout most of time, aristocratic moms didn't even nurse their own children. They were given to wet...
Those were the best! What about a book like A New Coat for Anna- her mom goes to the sheep farmer for wool, a weaver to turn it into fabric, a...
Speaking of processed meats- we serve chicken "legs" which are 3-D pressed chicken meat. Needless to say, I am glad we don't eat with our kids.
What about an old cell phone to use as a tattle phone? If it is something important, you can stop them and help them solve it (some of my kids...
Disgusting desk story. A few weeks ago, there were fruit flies all over my classroom. I start looking in desks...and there is a rotting banana...
That is a great idea. I emphasize that circle times and lessons are my time-- and that if they cannot use it the right way, I take away their time...
My kids tease eachother about it almost daily. I remind them that they're too young to worry about boyfriends and girlfriends, and they have the...
Sending them out of our rooms is a joke. There is no where to send them, except to another teacher's room (and then that's unfair to her!) I have...
Since TX is a charter school state, look at Charter schools (as long as they are recognized by the TEA) I am completing my internship in a...
It does help. It makes me feel like I'm not alone. However, yesterday got worse. Earlier this year, I had some threatening students. I talked...
I have some children (siblings) in my classroom that also show violent behaviors and violent ideas. They have threatened other students and their...
I am having major issues with behavior in my classroom lately. The girls are mean and catty towards one another and just about always at...
KinderCowgirl- I'm in Texas too and this weather is killing my kiddoes too. Indoor recess is so tough. We don't have a gymnasium, so when the...
I read somewhere else (AOL news) that it was finally the grandmother that raised the alert that the girl was missing. Mom and stepdad's alibi was...
I teach kinder- I gave golden tickets when they were caught doing something good- instead of trying to catch something bad. They wrote their name...