Preschool is Not First Grade!

Recently, I’ve been hearing feedback from parents whose children are now in kindergarten and the amount of worksheets the children get.  The lack of recess. Losing physical education class to work on handwriting. Children denied recess as a punishment for acting like a 5 year old.  Centers with only technology and worksheets.  Sitting all day.…

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We Don’t Need a “Science Center!”

I was startled the other day as I read an article saying that many Early Childhood educators are intimidated by “doing science.”  LIFE is science!  Science is everywhere. Preschoolers naturally question, explore, investigate and examine. Sometimes they  just need exposure to more scientific vocabulary.   They can easily go from “a caterpillar changes,” to “metamorphosis,”…

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We’re Playing in the Rain!

We’re playing in the rain, just playing in the rain. What a glorious feeling we’re running again!  We’re wearing our boots, and drying off slides. We’re having fun and we won’t go inside. Our parents are here, they like the rain too.  Come play with me now, I have a smile for you. We run…

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