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July 2012 - Posts
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This past week, I had the privilege of attending the National Association for Family Child Care Conference in Atlanta, GA, where the Let's Move Child Care campaign was promoted. For this post, I am pleased to share some of the highlights discussed at Read More...
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Our Giant Sandbox is perfect for covering ourselves up with sand! Here in Michigan, we're in the middle of summer. We have been taking every opportunity that we get to spend it exploring and learning outdoors! Our giant sandbox (We had 19 tons of sand Read More...
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One of my favorite ways to begin the year in kindergarten is with nursery rhymes. Students are familiar with the rhymes so they feel successful, which builds their confidence. Humpty Dumpty is always one of my students favorite rhyme. I wanted to create Read More...
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Welcome back to my "slot of the month". Wonderful to be posting with you here again today. A quick reminder - I am Maggy, from Red Ted Art , where I regularly get crafty with my two young children (4 years and 2 years old). As my children get older and Read More...
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By Laura Eldredge A few months back, my partner Tressa and I each filmed a video series for ehow.com on various preschool-related topics of their choosing. I'd like to share one of the videos that I did for the story " Goodnight Moon " by Margaret Wise Read More...
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Staying active is sometimes hard when it's so hot out. It has been so hot here that we have just been sitting in front of the fans (we don't have air conditioning) trying to cool down. Does all this hot weather make you think of snow? Today I was thinking Read More...
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I have a question for you. It may seems strange, but I'm curious. What goes on in your vehicle. You know, when you climb in your car or van for a quick trip to the grocery store with your child, what do you do after make sure everyone is buckled? For Read More...
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Hi! It's Scott from Brick by Brick . I love to repurpose materials—use materials in ways different from their intended purpose. I also love to make resources for kids to use. Kids love to play games. You can make games with low cost and no cost items. Read More...
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Sunday, July 22, 2012 DANCING THROUGHOUT THE DAY Part 5: Up and Down with Counting! -- A Movement Exploration Activity that Addresses Numbers and Counting GO DOWN TO THE FLOOR SLOWLY AS I COUNT TO 10! Hello EC Community, I hope you are enjoying the summer, Read More...
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Best-selling author David Bach has demonstrated how anyone can become rich using his “Latte Factor” formula, the simple idea that all you need to do to retire wealthy is to look at the small things you spend your money on every day and see whether you Read More...
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Ahoy Mateys! Over the summer our family has been traveling around the states finding beautiful state and national parks for our kids to explore. We came across several beautiful lighthouses in Michigan. We discussed with the kids that different shapes Read More...
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Hi, I'm Greg & I am an Early Childhood Teacher from Australia. I write a blog called Males in Early Childhood which you can find by clicking here . One of the things that I appreciated most of all while studying was the support and guidance offered by Read More...
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July 17th, What a wonderful day! I am on vacation AND...It's my anniversary! 8 years ago today I married a wonderful man named Sam Ramirez! He has supported me in all of my decisions, helps out in my kindergarten classroom when he can, and he stuck with Read More...
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Make a MUSIC WALL ! Ms Sue's Music Wall! Miss Carole of Macaroni Soup here – and I’m all about participatory music. This idea is about as Jump-Right-In as it gets! “Ms Sue” Nierman , a friend and collaborator from the Children’s Music Network brought Read More...
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By Deb Chitwood from Living Montessori Now The Summer Olympics is a great time to reinforce math skills in interesting and relevant ways during summer vacation. Today, I want to share a few Montessori-inspired Olympic math ideas using some great free Read More...
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The Summer Olympics are right around the corner! Children and adults will be excited about and interested in this historic event. I was thinking about using the Olympic theme for my monthly game for the Pre K and K sharing blog, and made a 3-card matching Read More...
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It can be frightening for us and dangerous for our child when they run off. They run ahead at the mall and disappear around the corner or worse yet, they run out the door into a parking lot and straight into the path of a speeding vehicle. We know how Read More...
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As a child, I never liked science. I always found it incredibly boring. I don't remember being taught to make observations or to explore my surroundings...I'm sure I was, but found it boring. As an adult, I had an amazing science teacher in college that Read More...
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WELCOME TO MY WORLD OF CHILDREN During a visit to a local child care center this display was centered in front of me the entire time I was singing and telling stories. It is a reminder that our world is filled with children, children of wonder. In the Read More...
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When life hands you 12,987,645 soda bottle caps....make bottlecap snakes! We recently made these adorable snake sculptures in my Kindergarten class and the kids absolutely ADORED them! This project takes quite a bit of prep work, but your children will Read More...
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My name is Erika and I blog over at the other lion . I have been working as a paraeducator in a special education preschool room for over seven years. I also have a son with Fragile X Syndrome. Because we are a year-round program and our curriculum is Read More...
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Hi, it's Barbara at The Corner on Character ! Can you believe the 4th has come and gone already? I hope that you're enJOYing some summertime R and R! Looking through some new literacy resources, I recently came across these two treasures by author Amy Read More...
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This past year I started a new chapter in my life when I changed from middle school (6th-8th grade) to lower elementary (PK-3rd grade). As part of my new role, I provided on-going, on-site weekly professional development to all the lower elementary teachers Read More...
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ENGINEERING GAMES for ADULT LEARNERS Happy July 4th to everyone from my home country of the U.S. and welcome to all of you from other parts of our beautiful world. For those of you who are new, I'm Enrique, Musician and Producer , Founder and Director Read More...
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Hi! It's Pam from How Long is This Hall!? I recently wrote at my own blog about some of the ways I plan for a guest teacher in my preschool classroom. It is always easier to plan ahead for these types of things than find a nice little note left on a table Read More...
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By Deborah McNelis, owner Brain Insights The importance of play and discovery is well understood by those following this blog. Due to your awareness of the tremendous benefits experiential learning provides, it is great fun to share this great poem with Read More...
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HAPPY JULY!! HAPPY SUMMER!!! HAPPY almost FOURTH OF JULY!! Old Glory Against a Blue Sky Last month for America's flag day, our very own Carolyn Wilhelm selected my newest picture book for the focus of all her loving attention. She did her usual brilliant Read More...
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