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The beginning of school is so exciting!  I remember many nights before the first few days of school, laying out my clothes for the next day and then laying in bed for hours, unable to sleep because I was just so excited.  I watched my own son do the same thing.  I just kept smiling… continue reading

I’m sure you can find other versions of this song, but does anyone really do it better than Raffi?  Willoughby Wallaby Woo, is a great song for practicing new names in a class.  As an added benefit, it is also great for getting kiddos to laugh!  As you can hear in this YouTube clip, it’s… continue reading

At the beginning of each year, I really like to read Pigsty by Mark Teague with my new little ones.  It is a funny, and fantastically illustrated story of Wendell Fultz who decides he does not want to clean his room.  His mother tells him it’s his choice if he wants to live in a pigsty. … continue reading

While we’re on the topic of clean up time, I thought I’d mention that I use Laurie Berkner’s song, “Clean It Up” as my clean up music.  (You can find it at iTunes for just a dollar.  Though if you can get out of iTunes having only spent one dollar, my hat’s off to you!) … continue reading

It is a common misconception that preschool children know what it means when you ask them to “listen”.  Grown ups constantly ask them to “listen” or “pay attention”, but a young child can’t comply with those requests until you explain what that will actually look like.   I teach my little ones the “Give Me Five” signal.  When… continue reading

It is a common misconception that preschool children know what it means when you ask them to “listen”.  Grown ups constantly ask them to “listen” or “pay attention”, but a young child can’t comply with those requests until you explain what that will actually look like.   I teach my little ones the “Give Me Five” signal.  When… continue reading

I am a firm believer that social skills should be taught directly, and then implemented and brought into habit through play and experience.  During the very first weeks, I introduce the tools for entering play and taking turns.  These are key areas of social conflict when you get a group of new preschoolers together! I like… continue reading

I am a firm believer that social skills should be taught directly, and then implemented and brought into habit through play and experience.  During the very first weeks, I introduce the tools for entering play and taking turns.  These are key areas of social conflict when you get a group of new preschoolers together! I like… continue reading

     OK.  That is, of course, a rhetorical question.  Anyone who has ever worked with preschoolers knows that it is a rare thing to find a snack that  every child likes.  But it’s been hard to miss with this one!  I like to have the children help me make this frosty treat at snack time. … continue reading

     OK.  That is, of course, a rhetorical question.  Anyone who has ever worked with preschoolers knows that it is a rare thing to find a snack that  every child likes.  But it’s been hard to miss with this one!  I like to have the children help me make this frosty treat at snack time. … continue reading