:yeahthat: I brought this thread up with the other Pre-K teachers at my school today, and they all agreed with this exact statement.
Our PTA usually goes ALL out with a huge luncheon and small goodies in each mailbox every day of the week. Last year they sent home stationery...
I'm big on the kids solving their own issues at all possible. I'm Pre-K so I spend a HUGE chunk of time on this in the beginning months of the...
I can't believe anybody else is up! We did consider videotaping her. I actually tried this afternoon, but of course whenever I thought she was...
Apologies for the long-windedness... My fiance has a 10-ish year old beagle. She's the sweetest dog I have ever met and he is CRAZY about her....
I realize this wasn't directed at me, and I do celebrate holidays and put together a moving-up (although admittedly, both are extremely low key in...
AHHHHHH ME TOO!! I love holidays in general, but I strongly dislike doing holidays in school because let's face it- I don't have enough time to...
For those of you discussing life cycles, or just looking for something cool to share with the kids!! A parent introduced me to this, and my...
We are having a school wide game night fundraiser tomorrow. The flier says bring your own snack and drink, but I just found out that the teachers...
I also feel like there are just SO many concepts in our curriculum that I barely scratch the surface of something and then we are moving on. From...
For 4 year olds in a half day program: 9-9:10 arrival/unpack/journals 9:10-9:20 circle 9:20-9:30 whole group lesson (read aloud/literacy...
BettyRubble, thanks for those great ideas! It never even occurred to me to use the programs.... the church is printing them up for us free of...
The kit does name the three cards- small is "rsvp," medium is "reception" and large is "directions." JustMe, that's my concern, too. My fiance...
Help! My wedding invitations are making me nuts. My fiance and I finally decided to just make them using a kit from Michaels, so I have been...
Perhaps remedial was a poor word choice. I completely agree with you that some children are not ready, and I have in NO way hinted to these...
It is March and I have a small group of students in each of my classes that is just NOT GETTING letter recognition. I have been working intensely...
I haven't done artists specifically, but last week I introduced my pre-kers to still life art. I pulled up pictures of still life fruit and...
We aren't allowed to distribute food of any kind, period. The kids also aren't allowed to bring in food to celebrate their birthdays. We...
This actually reminded me of another thing I do. I have learned (the hard way!) not to try to change too much too fast. I pick one thing every...
I have another student with ODD, but this boy doesn't feel like that to me. He respects my authority and is more than happy to follow my...
