Are you in the “more recess in schools” camp? As a teacher and a parent, I know both sides. My son is so active. He’s 15 months old. He is the child every week at story time that spends the entire 30 minutes running around with his head bobbing up and down. All of the…
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What do you think about coding for kids? A couple of days ago, I got an email from Mark Zuckerberg. I’m sure other Facebook followers or participants in change.org did, too. The email involved a new petition on change.org focusing on computer science in public schools. The petition was requesting signatures to convince Congress…
Environmental Print Before getting my first teaching job, I remember fearing the possibility of teaching kindergarten. Why? I feared all the stuff you need! A good chunk of that “stuff” is Environmental Print. What is Environmental Print? Logos and signs, many of which you will see as you’re driving by a busy shopping center…
Everyone needs adult conversations, especially stay-at-home moms! I worked a booth a couple of weeks ago selling books. It was at the school where I taught third grade before having my son. Staying home all day, sometimes I forget how invigorating it is to converse with people. I love striking up conversations with new people.…
Why Why Why? Happy April! This weekend I celebrated my 31st birthday. On Saturday, I had the opportunity to spend some time with a friend’s daughter who is about to turn three. Throughout the day, she kept asking why about EVERYTHING. “Why are we here? Why is Daddy outside? Why? Why? Why?” It got me…
Hi! This is Cristina and this is my first book review with a few educational thoughts, as well. Today I’m talking about “Bears Don’t Read,” by Emma Chichester Clark. I actually read this story out loud to myself and my husband one night and laughed out loud, which is a regular occurrence, but not usually…
The Leap So, I’m making the leap! I’ve decided to start a blog. After leaving the classroom (third grade) to stay home, I thought my life would be completely fulfilled by staying home with my baby boy. Don’t get me wrong. I adore staying home and I love being a mommy. Later on, I realized,…
