I recently attended the NAEYC conference in Anaheim with some of my colleagues. I have been an editor for almost as long as I was a preschool teacher (15 years) but anyone who knows me will tell you that I am a preschool teacher at heart. I am in my element at the NAEYC conference, … Continue reading Highlights from NAEYC 2010
Earlier this year when I edited the Internet Literacy books and learned about different ways to use blogs in the classroom, I started thinking it would be fun to create a blog to communicate with my nephews. I knew that I would enjoy creating content for them and that they would enjoy having a site … Continue reading Yup, My Dog Has a Blog
It was a sea of hot pink, quite wonderful really, that sea of pink. Just looking at it brought a surge of joy to my heart. For every woman wearing a hot pink tee shirt was a breast cancer survivor. There were over 1,000 survivors on stage for the Survivor’s Tribute at the Susan G. … Continue reading In a Sea of Hot Pink
Guess what? Today is my birthday! That probably doesn’t mean much to you, but it made me think about how birthdays are being celebrated in the classroom these days. Or are they being celebrated at all? When I was in elementary school, if it was a student’s birthday, he or she got to bring in … Continue reading Classroom Birthday Celebrations: What Happened to the Fun?