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Monthly Archives: April 2014
Giving the Gift of Reading and Friendship
Never underestimate children. The same goes for those who know what it takes to make a difference with children. This week both statements came into clear focus when I drove from Massachusetts to West Virginia with a car full of … Continue reading
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Tagged chapter reading, children's books, Cynthia Rylant, Groton Community School, Knuffle Bunny, language development, literacy, Mo Willems, NAEYC, parent tips on reading to children, Read Aloud West Virginia, reading books to children, Sharing literacy, teaching young children, The Relatives Came, trains, Week of the Young Child, young children
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Sharing Literacy and Changing Learning
After thirty years of teaching, if someone pinned me down and asked, “Okay, Jennie, what is the most important thing you teach, and what makes the biggest difference?”, I would know the answer, hands-down. Really. It is literacy and reading … Continue reading
My Classroom; It Keeps Getting Better
I’ll never forget the day that it hit me like a ton of bricks: my classroom, the physical space, was dysfunctional. For decades I had prided myself in understanding children and relating to them in every way. My fifteen children … Continue reading
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Tagged classroom environment, classroom space, Kaplan, Marcia Hebert, preschool, Reggio, teaching young children
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Art Masterpieces, Inspired by All Types of Music, Created by Young Children
Preparing For the Aqua Room Art Show. Who knew that music would be so inspirational? Artist’s tools certainly work to help children feel inspired and create their own art. Whether it is squeezing thick watercolors from a tube directly onto … Continue reading
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Tagged art, classical music, emergent curriculum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, music, old masters, preschool, Rossini, teaching, Vivaldi, young children
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Language, Literacy and Reading Aloud… part 2
People often ask why I chapter read. After all, many of the children in my classroom are are three-years-old. When we chapter read, the children don’t have an image from a picture book. They have to make the pictures in … Continue reading
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