When I have a chance to meet with the parents of the pre-k kids in my classroom, I try to fill the time with non-stop information. My goal is never to be overwhelming, but to find ways to encourage meaningful play and learning at home to!  Last year, at our open house parent meeting (similar to a curriculum night at the big kids’ school), I

I am sure that I am not the only teacher that has started getting ready to go back to school already.  I don’t think I ever stopped getting things ready bit by bit all summer, but now I’m in full swing!  There are a few just days left before my big kids go back to school and just a couple of weeks until my preschool

As a teacher, have you ever been so overwhelmed by the beginning of the school year that you look back and wish you had done a few things differently?  Better even?  Well, that was me just a few years ago when I first was back in the classroom teaching preschool.  I saved a bazillion pins over on Pinterest with all these fabulous ideas for everything