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 No trip to another country can be complete without touris…

Every few years, my little family takes a big vacation. Usually, we take road trips. The United States is a VERY big place, and going to Texas can seem like a foreign country. The …

 Hello Steemians! I never really introduced myself on this site, so let me take this #st…

This week's @steemiteducation homework: Which book would you prescribe to your students to read and why would it make an impression on them. As you know my fellow Steemians, I TEA…

Just got back from a trip to Costa Rica! As I gather photos and stories to share, here's a funny tale from the Super Mercado... My mission is to find milk and juice. I'm an Americ…

Teaching is teaching, whether it be 10 kids or 32, the pythagorean theorem or number recognition, college all the way down to preschool. I am a preschool teacher who must defend he…

I'm in a sour mood, Steemians. I don't feel like writing, but I've got a bug in my bonnet that I need to locate, retract and smash, i.e., something is occurring in preschool and I …

As an early childhood teacher in America, my job is to get children ready for big kid school. In my corner of the country, preschool is for 3 to 4-year-old children. Here, we teach…

At my preschool, we don't have subjects, but we do have six domains to cover. These include cognitive, language, physical, literacy, mathematics, and social-emotional. My least fav…

*While student teaching, I wrote a lesson plan for first grade, English language learners to enhance their writing using descriptive, juicy adjectives. The lesson contains a large …

It is well known that children learn by doing. Solely using rote worksheets and drills are proven time and time again to be ineffective, especially in preschool children. When youn…

There is a familiar annoyance that’s popped up once again in my preschool classroom, and I blame 3-year-olds. Since my children range from 3 to 5, most of my elders have out grown …

Greetings, fellow Steemians! I have neglected Steemit for many months, writing my thesis for a Master's Degree in Education. I am finally DONE!!! Although it may be quite boring, I…

As you know, fellow Steemians, I have major issues as an adult because of my older brother. None of which is his fault. Growing up in the 70's and 80's, he was merely playing the r…

I'm often taking photos of my preschool classroom, but some parents do not allow photos to be taken of their children. They prefer to keep their children anonymous. When I take pho…

<h1>MyPictureDay #17 Contest Winners</h1><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p> <p><em>Thank you to everyone who participated in the seventeenth MyPictureDay photography challenge. You gave …

 As you may know, I have entered the Marvel Universe by force. Being a little sister AND a …

The preschool world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. The precious has returned to my classroom. It is that one item that is slig…

 As you know, I'm a teacher. How pompous of me to think I am a superhero, yet there are man…

 One morning at preschool, a child brought a large, plastic dinosaur to the wooden dollhouse…