I am back from a long vacation, the first part of which was spent at the beach with my husband’s family, and the second part of which was in a big city with my sister and her family.  I had the opportunity first to observe my sister-in-law talking with my one-year-old niece, and then later my [...]

Ok this may sound really strange and random but while I was interning in a preschool classroom I found that there are many things that need to be colored by hand. I have never been good at coloring. I can of course stay in the lines but it never looks nice when I am done. Is this just something that takes time and practice or does someone know any ...

I had a formal observation today.  What I mean is, I was the one being observed.  (Usually it’s the other way around.  I do 2-4 observations a quarter.)  Every one of us, even the master and mentor teachers, needs to be observed once each quarter, and this was my last observation of the year.  The mentor [...]

Some weeks ago, a person from the early childhood department was visiting my classroom, and she saw me doing story time using the repeated interactive read-aloud strategy, so we talked about how it works, and I offered to do a little workshop on it for the other pre-K teachers in the district.  She said, “sure”, [...]

A few months ago, while at a lesson waiting on my kid, I started chatting with another parent. He told me all about his son’s ADHD, and commented that “women teachers just don’t know how to teach boys.” I’ve been thinking about that ever since. A few years ago, I had a four year [...]