Why you should make more room at the table
My teachers and I have a saying in our preschool and it goes like this... There's always room at the table. It's a simple saying and yet it often becomes [...]
Are you spending a ton of time on your classroom walls?
Do you spend a ton of time decorating your classroom walls before the first day of school? I have seen LOTS of classrooms over my 30 years of teaching filled [...]
What should you read on the first day of school?
A friend of mine recently sent me a conversation that she happened to come across online. The conversation started with “What book is everyone planning to read on the first [...]
Add some class to your classroom!
To put together a classy classroom, all you really need to do is add a few little touches here and there! As you head back to school, you might be [...]
Five attributes that will warm up your classroom!
I’m sure you have heard folks say, “Young children need to enter a warm and inviting classroom.” Let’s talk about the “warm” part for just a minute by taking a [...]
How much time should you plan to spend in circle time?
At the beginning of every school year, I am often asked, “How much time should I plan to spend in circle time?” My quick answer is always the same: Circle [...]
What to say (and not to say) to your students first thing in the morning
How do you greet your students as they walk into the door each morning? A parent wrote me a super sweet note to use as a testimonial on my website. [...]
Discover how you can facilitate trust with a smile
There was a special moment in my classroom that taught me the power of a smile and how a smile has the power to facilitate trust. I was talking with [...]
This is why you should huddle up with your students
There are so many things you can do to help facilitate a sense of community in your classroom so I am going to give you a specific task to take [...]
I cannot sit crisscross-applesauce with my hands in my lap
For the life of me, I cannot sit crisscross-applesauce with my hands in my lap. My legs were not designed to bend in sharp angles and I always move my [...]