this activity was not in my lesson plans. i warned my new teacher friend, ms carol, to get used to this. i pulled the red, yellow and green inch blocks for sorting (apple colors for a week). then i remembered that since we were at church, there are several mini tongs and colored cups (thankContinue reading “s is for sorting”
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a is for apple
no better place to start the year but here. we’ve tasted apples, discussed why apples have stems, stretched out the aaaaaaaaaaa sound, discovered apple colors, used apple colored crayons, and simply discovered our new classroom through this theme. i experienced the great joy of the montessori concept of PREPARING THE ENVIRONMENT…then watching them have atContinue reading “a is for apple”
l is for little
The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little. Jon Kabat-Zinn Ms Carol and I spent our day in a Conscious Discipline training (thank you, Ms. Shana). Now we’re even more ready to honor the little moments and little things with these little ones. Friday begins the joy. • • • • • • •Continue reading “l is for little”
r is for routine (more!)
um, teddy will get to do messy projects and daily show and tell as well! p.s. thank you for all your enthusiasm about these photo schedule cards. i encourage you to do it!
r is for routine
these are our new schedule cards. they are photos of teddy in our new classroom. each photo has a magnet strip on the back so we can easily rearrange our day as needed. while things may be in a different order, these are parts of each school day. the children also enjoy rearranging them (likeContinue reading “r is for routine”
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