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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://teacherlingo.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Elbow, knees, dreams : education, kindergarten, best practice</title><link>http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/elbowskneesdreams/archive/tags/education/kindergarten/best+practice/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: education, kindergarten, best practice</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Debug Build: 61120.2)</generator><item><title>meaningful differences</title><link>http://teacherlingo.com/Utility/Track.aspx?a=elbowskneesdreams&amp;p=398793&amp;u=http://kiri8.wordpress.com/2011/01/05/meaningful-differences/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 00:40:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:398793</guid><dc:creator>kiri8</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/elbowskneesdreams/comments/398793.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/elbowskneesdreams/commentrss.aspx?PostID=398793</wfw:commentRss><description>Wow, yesterday’s post certainly touched a nerve. That was the most hits I ever got on my blog, and the most comments. So thank you, everyone, for being part of the conversation. So the question is, how do preschool teachers strike a balance between helping...(&lt;a href="http://teacherlingo.com/Utility/Track.aspx?a=elbowskneesdreams&amp;p=398793&amp;u=http://kiri8.wordpress.com/2011/01/05/meaningful-differences/"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://teacherlingo.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=398793" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/elbowskneesdreams/archive/tags/preschool/default.aspx">preschool</category><category domain="http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/elbowskneesdreams/archive/tags/education/default.aspx">education</category><category domain="http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/elbowskneesdreams/archive/tags/best+practice/default.aspx">best practice</category><category domain="http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/elbowskneesdreams/archive/tags/kindergarten/default.aspx">kindergarten</category><category domain="http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/elbowskneesdreams/archive/tags/poverty/default.aspx">poverty</category><category domain="http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/elbowskneesdreams/archive/tags/urban+school/default.aspx">urban school</category><category domain="http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/elbowskneesdreams/archive/tags/vocabulary/default.aspx">vocabulary</category><category domain="http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/elbowskneesdreams/archive/tags/achievement+gap/default.aspx">achievement gap</category><category domain="http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/elbowskneesdreams/archive/tags/frustration/default.aspx">frustration</category></item><item><title>letter of the week?</title><link>http://teacherlingo.com/Utility/Track.aspx?a=elbowskneesdreams&amp;p=247611&amp;u=http://kiri8.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/letter-of-the-week/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:05:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:247611</guid><dc:creator>kiri8</dc:creator><slash:comments>9</slash:comments><comments>http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/elbowskneesdreams/comments/247611.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/elbowskneesdreams/commentrss.aspx?PostID=247611</wfw:commentRss><description>I teach my students a letter of the alphabet each week. Phew. I said it. I know that those are fighting words to some teachers, so I’m prepared to hear why some of you DON’T do a letter of the week. And also to respect your arguments. Here’s a little...(&lt;a href="http://teacherlingo.com/Utility/Track.aspx?a=elbowskneesdreams&amp;p=247611&amp;u=http://kiri8.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/letter-of-the-week/"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://teacherlingo.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=247611" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/elbowskneesdreams/archive/tags/education/default.aspx">education</category><category domain="http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/elbowskneesdreams/archive/tags/reading/default.aspx">reading</category><category domain="http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/elbowskneesdreams/archive/tags/best+practice/default.aspx">best practice</category><category domain="http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/elbowskneesdreams/archive/tags/kindergarten/default.aspx">kindergarten</category><category domain="http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/elbowskneesdreams/archive/tags/poverty/default.aspx">poverty</category><category domain="http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/elbowskneesdreams/archive/tags/parents/default.aspx">parents</category><category domain="http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/elbowskneesdreams/archive/tags/alphabet/default.aspx">alphabet</category></item></channel></rss>