Is it in?

Thursday, January 20, 2011 “Just Fours” Our “four-year-old class” actually now contains two five-year-olds! On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I get to challenge the small group a little more. Part of our morning routine is the Mystery Box. One person opens the Mystery Box to see what’s inside, then the group brainstorms why they think I…

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It’s Gingerbread Time Again!

It’s time for Jan Brett in January! Having students two years in a row is such an amazing gift! I get to see them grow from shy, quiet little ones to confident, talkative almost kindergartners! Once or twice I’ve been asked, for example, why I’m “doing gingerbread” again, since we did it last year. I’m…

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From a Venn Diagram to “Oooey Gluey,” a Day with the Threes

Today as the children came in, they were introduced to “ramps” and given a marble. The were asked to figure out how move the marble without touching it. Children explored and discovered with lots of laughter and cheering. “How can you stop the marble from rolling across the floor?” “With a DINOSAUR!” Sure enough, a…

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