What are you doing for Presidents’ Day? How can you extend it? How about learning about the childhood of a president? How he came to the presidency? How he faced the challenges of office? Mmemorizing the names of presidents can be extremely useful. A four year old will find this to be a game. Later…
What values do you teach your children? Some peole teach rights. Some model rebellion. Most believe in altruism. Are we teaching that? Traditionally duty was taught, but today our culture seldom mentions that. I submit that if we teach only rights and never duty or altruism, we may have an unpleasant culture not many years…
You are teaching impressionable chidlren. What is most important to teach? What values are your teaching? Basically rights? Or duty and altruism? What do you teach? How do you teach it? What does this relfection bring to you?
Deborah J. Stewart helpfully passes on good resources for preschool teachers. Here is a a great one: Teach_Preschool Early Childhood 30 more blogs about play, creativity, nature and family http://bit.ly/gGpx9I #ece #preschool #teachpreschool Here is another: preschoolers Education.com Preschool activity of the day: Blast Off with a Homemade Rocket Ship! bit.ly/nwYBRD And another…
Daniel Jutras, Ph.D. shows how to use Montessori materials like the pink tower (and of course the trinomial cube) to teach many things including Pythagorean Theorem, geometry, basic algebra and of coure the trinomial equation. Free. Thanks, Dr. Jutras! and Thaks to Swan Mai for passing it along! http://www.mepiforum.org/images/conferences/2007/myrtlebeach/Daniel%20Jutras%20Handout_2007.pdf
Here is a super cute Christmas lunch with an elf theme. I hope you like it. (I’m not for “Elf Days” ; I have Christmas, but I thought this was cute. http://www.meetthedubiens.com/2011/12/fun-food-friday-santas-little-elf.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
WOW! Here is a creative discussion on how to make green dye from edible substances. http://www.mothering.com/community/t/1338115/natural-green-dye-anyone
Tommorrow, Saturday Nov. 19, I’ll be in San Antonio at the AEYC Convention. Look for me there. Something for staff, something for Family Day Homes, & something for Directors!
We plan to be accepted in all categories. These are the particular seminars that the Registry has approved and posted so far: FOR TEACHERS Job One: Orientation to Discipline and Guidance for Licensed Centers in Texas FOR DIRECTORS Assessments That Help Dealing with Godzilla: Evaluating Work Toward Terminating or Retaining Employees Diversity: Getting Where We…
Sharon Sarles online 6 Posts. Joined 2/2011 The effects of NCLB — large subject, but you have asked for a personal response. I remember when Gov. White first put in teacher testing — literacy testing for teachers — into place here in Texas. My daughter, second grade, came home saying that the teachers spent the…