Celebrating summer birthdays at the end of the school year
Throughout the school year, we celebrated the children's birthdays but what about those summer birthdays? I have quite a few birthdays that fall right after school gets out and the [...]
Celebrating Memory Day in PreK!
During the last few weeks of PreK, I can feel the difference in my classroom. The children are all a buzz with kindergarten talk and they can barely focus on [...]
Choosing songs to sing for end-of-the-year preschool and pre-k presentations
With the end of the year coming up, I am often asked, "What songs are you singing for your end of the year presentation?" Before choosing songs for your presentation, [...]
Join us online for the 2019 Outdoor Discover Conference on April 25, 2019!
The Discover Conference is a series of online conferences designed to bring in top experts to help early childhood teachers from all backgrounds have the very best early [...]
What does outdoor learning really look like?
What does outdoor learning really look like? Does it look like children sitting down quietly reading a children’s book? Does it look like children eagerly listening to the teacher [...]
Swap Out Your Teacher Basket for a Picnic Basket
If you read my two last posts where I shared 10 wonderful ways to take the learning outside, then you might be inspired to drop everything and get outside [...]
Five More Wonderful Ways to Take Learning Outside
In my last post, I shared with you the first five ways to take learning outside but there is even more you can do. Let’s dive into number six [...]
Five Wonderful Ways to Take Learning Outside!
This quote by Cathy James of NurtureStore beautifully sums up how to take the learning outside… Anything you can teach in an indoor classroom can be taught outdoors, [...]
The toys or tools you set outside impacts the way kids will play!
Over the winter, our little toy shed was blown completely over two different times. The first time it happened, we sat it back up and left the inside a [...]
If your students are bored, hand them a bucket!
Even with the best playground equipment, young children can start to get bored outside and boredom leads to the kind of play that can drive you nutty. You [...]