Its been a while since I posted pics of our classroom happenings. Too long. But the start of this school year has been exhausting. Im finally getting into my "groove" a...
I love it when my Kinders take the initiative to play with sounds, syllables and words. I think its a true indicator that my instruction in phonemic awareness has not fallen on d...
Yesterday while on the playground, two friends collided on the slide. With one friend in tears and the other suddenly asking to go to the bathroom I knew there had to be a story behind the...
The Kindergarten classrooms at my school use Dr. Jean Feldmans "The Rules Rap" to teach our rules. I created a slide presentation and social story as visuals to go along with ...
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Watching this video of Dr. Jean Feldman explain the basics of reading readiness is the next best thing to sitting in one of her workshops. This is a wonderful FREE resource. I think it could be shown...
This past week a group of faculty and staff members from my school gathered to load up two trucks with buckets full of new books and a cooler full of ice pops. Our mission was to spre...
During the past 8 years I have tried many different types of seating set ups in my circle time area. When I taught Prek, my classroom was provided with a beautiful and colorful rug purchased fr...
For the past month, I have been receiving a steady stream of classroom supply catalogs in the mail. I love to go through the catalogs....much like I did Christmas catalogs when I was a little g...
I finally topped 100 followers! Thank you to everyone who has checked out my blog during the past year. I started this adventure as a way to journal my experiences as a Kin...
I love a good idea. A good idea that is free...well thats even better. I found one over at The Snails Trail blog.Check out these word builder slides. All it took to mak...
When I first began teaching Kindergarten, I discovered two developmental milestones that were MUCHO important to my young students. Losing a tooth and tieing a shoe. So important tha...
It happens every August. A new crop of parents enter my classroom with their Kinders in tow. They are curious, excited, eager, and sometimes a little apprehensive about the learning adven...
I have been in the classroom every day this week....as a student. I am working toward earning a K-12 Reading Endorsement and the class I am currently taking is all about assessment. Norm ...
The school year in our district always ends around Memorial Day. Because of this, I never get to recognize Fathers Day in my classsroom. But if I did...here are a few books from my own li...
"Its not the camera....but whos in front of the camera" - Anonymous"Uhmm...Excuse Mrs. Pearce? Is there a spider on my head?
"A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you" -- Bridget Bardot R with Miss Brown, my intern, who has a natural gift for touching th...
A good snapshot stops a moment from running away. ~Eudora Welty
A good snapshot stops a moment from running away. ~Eudora Welty
A good snapshot stops a moment from running away. ~Eudora Welty I have had a little extra time on my hands since summer vacation began three weeks ago. Its been great to sleep in, read a little, coo...
As you can tell from my blog title, I like toucans alot. In my classroom you will find them on posters, in books, even as puppets. I am always on the lookout for more toucan stu...
The weather here in North Florida gets hot pretty quickly. A Water Day is a great way to cool off with fun activities and sweet treats to eat. Its also a great celebration to en...
A few weeks ago my Kinders were busy working on learning the principles of addition and subtraction. Our new Harcourt GoMath! curriculum emphasizes the use of pictures stories, which I absolute...
CaliforniaTeachingCredential.o rg Thank you to Donna over at http://kinderglynn.blogspot.co m/ for commenting on one of my recent posts. She congratulated me on receiving an award from ...
Four years ago the parent of one of my Kinders had a great idea. Her sons summer birthday would be held after the school year was over but he wanted so much to get to celebrate i...
One of my favorite authors of books for children is Margaret Wise Brown. She is known for her classics, The Runaway Bunny, The Big Red Barn, The Golden Egg Book, and Goodnight Moon.Ev...
For the past two years my class has been blessed to share the love of reading with buddies from Ms. Teuton and Mrs. DenBleykers 3rd grade class. Every Friday they come to visit and sh...
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