Planning your Meet the Teacher Day
Having a Meet the Teacher Day can really get the school year off to a great start. Meet the Teacher Day is a simple way to invite your students [...]
How do you find inspiration in the downtime?
If I'm being honest, one of the biggest struggles for me during the summer is finding my inspiration. I love being a teacher and working with my students. But, sometimes [...]
Discovering imagination with chalk
The book "Chalk" by Bill Thompson is a great addition to any classroom library. It's a book that inspires imagination within the students and the teacher. We love reading this [...]
This is NOT a box!
One of our favorite books to read to our students is "Not a Box" by Antoinette Portis. The wonderful thing about this book is that there are so many fun [...]
Recycled art in preschool
This recycled art activity was such a fun process! I don't know about you, but coming across good quality cardboard isn't cheap. Most of the time we use cardboard display [...]
An outdoor game inspired Father’s Day
Our students love playing outside, especially with their dads. Every school year, I have the pleasure of choosing the "theme" for our Father's Day celebration. Usually, I will go by [...]
Art gallery boards for graduation
Throughout each school year we save our favorite art pieces from each student. This art is then collected, fixed up and organized into some sort of gallery. The gallery is [...]
Promoting family involvement in preschool
Preschool is a special time of development for young children, that's why we love involving their family when possible. Various times throughout the school year we hold special events that [...]
Making the most of outdoor play, rain or shine!
We experience all four seasons here and sometimes they don’t line up with our agenda. But that doesn’t mean we can’t make the most of our outdoor space! I can’t [...]
Have you read this winter tree book before?
Finding books about winter trees instead of Christmas trees can be quite challenging. We’ve seen you say things like “What a cute idea, but we can’t do Christmas trees at [...]