Archive for Elementary Education

Hats off to History!

Dec 01, 2011 No Comments by

I love hats! But, since they don’t look good on me, I have found that it is just as much fun to buy hats for my classroom.  More specifically, I buy them for my third grade history “lectures.”  Throughout history, men and women were sometimes defined by the hats they wore. For example, the minutemen [...]

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When Snails Can Teach

Dec 01, 2010 No Comments by

Monday’s are usually difficult for my students. Typically, they come to class with the remnants of weekend exhaustion and disinterest in the shear fact that it is the beginning of the week. I have to admit, there have been many Monday’s when my feelings are mutual. Last year, I experienced these very sentiments. We just [...]

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Disneyland

Nov 01, 2010 No Comments by

When thinking about children, what is the happiest place in the world?  Their response should be school.  After all, it is there that they learn the necessities of life.  However, the well-known response is Disneyland!  Why do children love Disneyland? They love Disneyland because it is a perfect place geared just for them.  In a [...]

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Enriched Learning

Feb 01, 2009 No Comments

Prior to my years as a kindergarten teacher, I was employed at a day care through a local public school. I accepted the job as a means of financial support. I was also excited and hopeful that this work experience would enable me to gain knowledge as a future teacher. I was naïve then, and [...]

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Planning the Big Event: Kindergarten Graduation

Apr 01, 2008 No Comments

Kindergarten graduation is such a special event in the life of a young person. It is a time for students and parents to celebrate the success of their first year of school. The students see it as one step closer to becoming a “big kid,” while parents see it as one step closer to losing their baby. Kindergartners are usually thought of [...]

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