Inside: Discover ways to teach future-ready skills in kindergarten using open-ended play centers. The Hard Truth About Soft Skills I have a husband who is wicked smart. We play trivia every week with 5 other people and he answers 95% of our questions. But here’s the thing – he struggles in the workplace. While […]
Archives for August 2021
3 Ways to Add New Materials to Your Kindergarten Play Centers
Inside: Spark new interest and increase engagement in your kindergarten play based centers, by discovering 3 easy ways to add new materials. Keeping Play Based Centers Going Maintaining play centers can be extremely overwhelming, especially if your system includes putting out new centers every day or week. You want these centers to be inviting and […]
Room Tour: Play-Based Centers for Kindergarten Choice Time
Inside: Come take a tour of our kindergarten classroom to see 7 of our favorite play-based centers, where we play and learn during choice time. Making Room for Play-Based Centers Play gets a bad rap. I know this because I hesitate to use the word in certain circles. To some, if children are […]
Our Bald Eagle Research Project
Inside: Each spring, our class of kindergarteners embarks on an eagle research project, and follows the day-to-day happenings of a bald eagle family, that we observe via a webcam. Our Eagle Research Project Path Some projects are just too good not to repeat each year. That’s how I feel about our eagle research project. Using […]
