Our preschool year ended and summer is in full swing. I had some days off to reflect until summer camp starts. I thought I would share a little story. On the last day of school I received some gifts and the one’s that mean the most are the hand written cards showing gratitude. One parent … Continue reading
My co teacher and I wanted to have a little fun this past St. Patrick’s Day and decided to “trick” our preschoolers into thinking leprechauns visited our classroom. We tipped over chairs, knocked over toys, littered toilet paper all around the bathroom ( clean of course), left little leprechaun foot prints and scattered notes for … Continue reading
Kindness is a super power When explaining concepts to multi age preschoolers you have to be creative. Our theme was friendship and kindness and some of our little friends were having a hard time being kind. I found a book that described kindness as a super power. I thought it would appeal to the children … Continue reading
In February at our preschool we talked about friendship and Valentine’s Day and had a friendship tea party. The children drew pictures for their family and preschool friends . We asked them what they loved about their family and then we wrote it on the picture and made it into a card. When the cards … Continue reading
The first job I had after college graduation was in an accounting office. It has been a couple of decades since I have worked there and many of my coworker’s faces and names are fuzzy. But I will always remember one woman named Claire. She was a confident outspoken woman and I found her quite … Continue reading
Getting ready to move out.
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We decided to have a Valentine’s Day tea party at my preschool. The kids were very excited about the idea and had fun planning the menu. Our color scheme was pink and red with heart shaped food. But it was more than just a Valentine’s celebration. It was a way to teach the children about … Continue reading
My heart sank when I saw the for sale sign on my neighbors lawn. Admittedly, I had a feeling it was coming because I have gone through this before. You see, the house beside me is a great “starter house”. Young couples move in to what seems to be a spacious house. When baby number … Continue reading
Many people are making videos today expressing their opnions. I am not a video person (mainly becasue I hate the sound of my voice). Anyway, I have opinions too but I like to blog. When I do story time for my preschool kids I often adapt the words to common songs to fit our theme. … Continue reading
My first born is going off to college and I am a complete wreck. How is this happening? Didn’t I just enroll her in Kindergarten? I remember chuckling when I found out she was in the graduating class of 2019. It seemed so far away. But she graduated in June and I am not chuckling … Continue reading
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