The three Christmas crafts below are made with old Christmas cards. Ask parents to save their old cards for your classroom and you will have more than enough for your Christmas activities the following year. The kids especially like the ones with glitter, animals, shiny papers and embossed or raised cut out objects. Children also love to use old Christmas cards in Imagination Station ... continue reading...
3 TIPS FOR TEACHING WITHOUT WORKSHEETS
While walking with my granddaughter, we spotted a small, shiny plant growing in the bark mulch under the slide at a playground. We looked at its bright green leaves shaped like the waves of the ocean, and she asked me what it was. I told her it was a seedling oak tree, and after a conversation about whether the little tree would get trampled when more children came to play, we decided to move it. ... continue reading...
KINDERGARTEN THEMES – WORKSHEETS OR INQUIRY?
What makes a great kindergarten theme or topic of study? Lots of interesting content and real objects, things, and/or living creatures to investigate. Children need to have something to wonder about, to explore, investigate, and discover, they need to learn ways to share their knowledge, to reflect on what they've learned and opportunities to investigate further. A unit on the seaside has to ... continue reading...
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