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It seems like most gorgeous art projects never stay in the classroom longer than a day. Sometimes, I actually have to plan for festive classroom decorations and really get the kids excited about it, as well. This can be a bit tricky but long-term projects Read More...
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"But, The room was clean a second ago!" It's the beginning of the year and kids are flinging Lego's and dumping baskets of tinker toys. Your vision of children blissfully and serenely ogling over toys and learning materials has now fallen flat like a Read More...
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There are so many things to think about besides posting up bulletin boards, cubby tags and tying shoes. But what? We remember those first time teacher jitters. This back to school checklist really helped me. I was sure to ask veteran teachers for tips Read More...
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"There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm." ~Willa Cather Kids are so full of energy and laughter. I grew up with two other sisters and I remember how I used to scream when something was funny. Unfortunately the rest of my family Read More...
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"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but " That's funny ..." ~Isaac Asimov When the weather is nice and sunny we live to bring water play both indoors and outdoors. I love Read More...
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Ink on paper is as beautiful to me as flowers on the mountains; God composes, why shouldn't we? ~Terri Guillemets I can remember when I used to take my drawing to my dad as a little girl. He used to stop whatever he was doing; ask me about it, gush over Read More...
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“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.” ~George Smith Patton, War as I Knew It, 1947 I think for the first few years of teaching in early childhood education I told the preschoolers what Read More...
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“Conditions for creativity are to be puzzled; to concentrate; to accept conflict and tension; to be born everyday; to feel a sense of self.” ~Eric Fromm Artists tend to look at the marks or strokes that are left behind on the paper or canvas. They can Read More...
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“Conditions for creativity are to be puzzled; to concentrate; to accept conflict and tension; to be born everyday; to feel a sense of self.” ~Eric Fromm Artists tend to look at the marks or strokes that are left behind on the paper or canvas. They can Read More...
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“It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.” ~Albert Einstein In the preschool classroom I do not regularly set up or have out competitive activities. Being that this is an early childhood setting and we are setting children Read More...
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“Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it.” ~Anonymous I am not the sunshine in everyone’s life….Shocker, right? There is an art to leaving kids alone to recover their dignity from humiliation, Read More...
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“Let your working ideas go for a picnic - sometimes the fresh air and ant bites are just what they need. Many great ideas were bitten a little at the beginning.” ~Carrie Latet I loved to follow around ants as a kid. They built dams, bridges with their Read More...
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