News from home.
on Nov 22, 2009Parent conferences are over. I crammed them into three days, which had the side effect of making my week feel like it was about as long as a giraffe’s neck. I actually enjoyed talking with parents about their children. Usually after my ‘presen...

Thanksgiving reflection.
on Nov 22, 2009Wordle is just cool. As a little Thanksgiving present to myself, I decided a little blog reflection was in order. I did a sweep of my blog and here is what it came up with. Go get your own at Wordle.net...

The Scarlet Skunk.
on Nov 21, 2009Kids love animals. I don’t know why, they just do. If I can find a way to incorporate animals into my lessons, I do – even if it seems a stretch. One way I do this is with letter and sound recognition. I found a book of animal puppets (they...

Sixteen five-year-olds at the flu shot clinic and me.
on Nov 20, 2009Really, what else is there to say? Thanks to our friend, H1N1, our school had a flu shot clinic. Parents had the option of signing a form and their child would receive the vaccine at school for free. Sixteen of my students were signed up and I w...

They're magically delicious.
on Nov 19, 2009I love Thanksgiving. It really is my favorite holiday. Talking about what we’re thankful for just makes my day. I quickly realized none of my kindergarteners knew a lick about the day. They knew about turkey and pumpkin pie, but that was it. W...

Slayed.
on Nov 18, 2009This morning, upon my return from a two day conference, I was quite pleased at the welcome I received as my little troopers came filing into the room. One little girl’s greeting topped them all though. I always make it a point to stand by the doo...

50 or 100?
on Nov 17, 2009One of the perks of teaching kindergarten is listening to the most ridiculously corny music ever recorded. I don’t care what anyone tells you, this stuff makes Vegas look tame. It’s silly beyond words and the kids adore it. One of the tunes we...

Jewelry.
on Nov 16, 2009So I'm at this conference for kindergarten teachers and in the main room there are vendors selling their wares. Most of them are hocking books and other items for the classroom... but there is a lady there selling jewelry. Yes, jewelry.

This should be interesting...
on Nov 15, 2009I'm heading off today for a two day conference for... Kindergarten teachers. Usually at these teacher conferences there are a few men, but that is when when the audience is advertised as K-6. This is K only, so I'll be curious to see how many men a...

Warm.
on Nov 14, 2009During our Writing Workshop, my students sit at tables around the room and work on their writing. In kindergarten, we start with a picture and then try to write a sentence about it. As they work, you can hear the sound of nineteen children feverish...