Wow! Things have been very busy and my poor blog has not been kept up the way I had wanted it to. I told myself that I wanted to post at least twice a month if not weekly - but that has definitely not been a priority on my list of to-do's. There have been many exciting things going on. Summer has ended, school is back in session, college classes have started, and thing are in full swing! As we ended the summer season it was time to get back into a more formal routine at the center I work at…

Day Nursery IU Health Preschool 3 teacher Ms. Tomi Lessaris is already using some information she received last Saturday in our day-long Summer Institute training. One of the ideas she got during t…

Children in Sunshine House 3 in Loveland, CO actively build math skills as they measure themselves with classroom blocks.

This is a Tuesday "Slice of Life" for Two Writing Teachers. Check out their website for lots more reflections on teaching. ******* After winter break, I added ramps (and balls, cars, tunnels) to the block corner. This area has become a favorite activity for the children. We take over the large blue carpet - creating roads, race tracks, jumps, and more. It is a very busy area, with children doing lots of different things, all at once, all together, excitedly adding, changing, and eliminating…

With online shipping for nearly everything, boxes are never in short supply. Why not use box play to add interest and fun to the block area?

Natural emphasis childcare rooms - could be a fun rock area for building creating

The block center can be a fun place to learn letter skills. Use blocks, lids, and other manipulatives to build alphabet letters in the block center; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten; Pre-K alphabet blocks center activity

DIY roads in the block center using play tape!