The last few months have been filled with one cute project after another, one busy day leading to another. This week we took a much needed b...

On any given day I can travel to the dollar store and pick up some great finds for my classroom. There's also dollar isles or sections ...

The Center I work at is a new facility. The resources are limited and the budget is tight. I do consider myself quite thrifty and pretty res...

Squeeze it, push it, knead it, pound it, cut it, rub it, roll it, smell it, share it...oooh play doh. It could be store bought, homemade, sc...

The Week of the Young Child was established in 1971 by NAEYC , the world's largest early childhood association. The week is designed as ...

I had fun with our unit on forest animals. We talked about animal tracks and how we could tell where the animal went by following it’s track...

Just when I thought I couldn't take another Easter project I'd forgotten to post this one. I was sure you'd appreciate it. I ran...

I was about to make bunny ears today. Unfortunately, I ran out of hard-stock paper. I was afraid regular construction paper would leave fl...

When I host birthday parties and special events, I usually sing songs and do some fingerplays. Most parents aren't always familiar with ...

I love to spice up my sensory table with more than just sand and water. Last week rice was on sale at Publix and I grabbed two bags for home...

Each child in my class has a daily chore. We keep a chore chart and it tells us what our job for the day is. We rotate the names each day s...

If there is one thing I love in my classroom (besides the students of course) it's MUSIC! I love to sing and dance while creating a mast...

In these hard economic times most people are busy budgeting and cutting back. There's more talk of recycling and reusing what you alread...

Keeping Straight Since our Center is new, most of my kids are new as well. Not just new to the facility but new to being in a preschool. Thi...

A few weeks ago I was overjoyed when one of my students began to swing on his own. Honestly, I’m not the “pushing” teacher. I’d much rather ...

Years ago when I was fresh out of school with my fancy new Early Childhood Education I landed a great paying job in a small center. I rememb...

"Eeww, I don't like that!" "Teacher, I'm full!", "But...I'm all done!" This is just a few of my fa...

So I'm right in the middle of lesson planning when I come to a road block. Either I've already done that activity or I just can'...

I've been both a working Mom and a Stay-at-Home Mom. On both sides I always felt my child's education was ultimately my responsibil...

Oh wow there are certainly sometimes I hate being stuck in the middle! Like when you're friends are arguing? Or there's gossip in th...