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Growing my Kindergarten: My Unfavorite Things -- part 2
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Saturday, June 13, 2015. My Unfavorite Things - part 2. Nothing left to do but finish cleaning out my room - school is out and my retirement will be effective after Monday. I have loved being "Teacher" to so many little ones. It was such a privilege to teach them to read and write stories - that was one of my favorite things. Our retirement luncheon at school was today, and I wrote some new lyrics to sing to. My Favorite Things" to reflect the parts of the job that I will NOT miss! When I miss you,.
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Nature Loving Kids: July 2011
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Thursday, July 14, 2011. Quiet on the blog-front! Our summer has been wonderful.but I've been a little slack on posting to this blog. I guess I'm so busy being outside with my 'nature loving kids' that I haven't made much time to blog about it! I have started a second blog www.primarylearninglogs.blogspot.com. That you may want to check out. It focuses on learning activities (mostly with my 5 year old) and lots of early math information! Thursday, July 7, 2011. Lessons from our Maple Tree. Sadly, I don't...
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Growing my Kindergarten: June 2015
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Saturday, June 13, 2015. My Unfavorite Things - part 2. Nothing left to do but finish cleaning out my room - school is out and my retirement will be effective after Monday. I have loved being "Teacher" to so many little ones. It was such a privilege to teach them to read and write stories - that was one of my favorite things. Our retirement luncheon at school was today, and I wrote some new lyrics to sing to. My Favorite Things" to reflect the parts of the job that I will NOT miss! When I miss you,.
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Growing my Kindergarten: September 2015
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Thursday, September 3, 2015. Back to School as a Volunteer. School started without me this fall - and I am loving retirement! But after talking to the teacher who replaced me, I decided to go help out in my old room today. And I found that volunteering is more fun than teaching! Here are the advantages:. 1 I can park in the visitor parking slot closer to the door, and I can come in AFTER breakfast. 2 I can wear jeans, even if it is not Friday. 8 I can eat lunch without getting up one single time. I have ...
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Growing my Kindergarten: My Unfavorite Things
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Saturday, June 6, 2015. Curriculum maps, parent notes, a child's writing saying "my mom is as hot as a fire", Mailbox magazines, instructional plans, an envelope full of Apple cut-outs, a sweet card from my assistant - these are just a few of the things I have pulled out of the trunk in my living room. I haven't even started on the basement yet - where the majority of my school stuff is stashed. Do I have books! When I am not ready? Dr Seuss erasers. Some matchbox cars. A couple sets of magnetic ...June ...
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Growing my Kindergarten: April 2015
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Thursday, April 23, 2015. Now they are writing "Worms are cool.". But also crawling around on the floor instead of sitting - oh, well! Links to this post. Tuesday, April 21, 2015. I Want to be an Astronaut (NOT! Today at Valmead we had the privilege of having a real live astronaut at our school. Not only was it cool having a celebrity, but he really knew how to keep an audience of little kids interested. Our astronaut, Duane Carey, flew on the Space Shuttle Columbia. Links to this post. Spring break is f...
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Growing my Kindergarten: July 2015
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Wednesday, July 8, 2015. Random Suggestions for First Year Kindergarten Teachers. 1 Keep your iPad or camera handy all the time. Take pictures of each child alone and with their family when they come to open house so you can use them for the video you make for graduation. You can use the pictures of the children for lots of things. I cropped the faces and printed them all on one page like a yearbook page. Try to take lots of pictures all year. 5 Print off a Donors Choose permission form and get parents t...
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Growing my Kindergarten: March 2015
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Saturday, March 7, 2015. Dr Seuss and Cat in the Hat. Dr Stone, our school superintendent, came to Valmead and read a Dr. Seuss book to my class. Doesn't he look nice in his red and white hat? Mrs Austin created a bulletin board so we could display a few stories written my my class. I am so happy to see the progress they have made in writing. We write every day, and it is really paying off. Some are writing 2 or 3 pages at a time now. We also made hats - the children like to wear them down the hall.
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Growing my Kindergarten: Random Suggestions for First Year Kindergarten Teachers
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Wednesday, July 8, 2015. Random Suggestions for First Year Kindergarten Teachers. 1 Keep your iPad or camera handy all the time. Take pictures of each child alone and with their family when they come to open house so you can use them for the video you make for graduation. You can use the pictures of the children for lots of things. I cropped the faces and printed them all on one page like a yearbook page. Try to take lots of pictures all year. 5 Print off a Donors Choose permission form and get parents t...
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Growing my Kindergarten: Making the Ordinary Come Alive
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Wednesday, June 3, 2015. Making the Ordinary Come Alive. One of my friends posted this "Make the Ordinary Come Alive" on Facebook yesterday, and it really hit home with me. I think that is probably the very best part of teaching kindergarten - the opportunity to lead the children to "find the wonder" in ordinary things. So, although the library is closed now, I went down after the librarian was gone and quietly pulled the best rock book ever. Who cares about rocks? Now I have to pull them away from the d...