A few months back, Vicki Davis (aka the Cool Cat Teacher) invited me to appear on her radio show/podcast, Every Classroom Matters. Of course I said yes! We taped the show back in April, and now finally in June, the episode we recorded is up on the Every Classroom Matters site. I’d love for you to […]
Developmentally Appropriate Practices and Technology In Early Childhood
Perhaps I made an error when naming this website. I think the name freaks early childhood educators out a little bit. I imagine their thinking goes something like this, “Technology?? In Early Childhood?? What kind of developmentally appropriate practices heresy is this?? ‘Technology’ can’t be ‘developmentally appropriate.’ Those two phrases don’t belong in the same […]
Augmented Reality in the Classroom: Writing Numbers 1 through 9
Have you heard of Augmented Reality in the classroom? The minute I read about it, I knew I had to try it in our Pre-K classroom. I think of augmented reality as one step beyond QR codes. We did a lot with QR codes last year. We used them to self-correct our counting activities and […]
Where can I find good apps?
One of my biggest challenges in using iPad in the classroom has been finding good apps for early childhood classrooms. There are lots of great apps for young children, but fewer that are actually suitable for classroom use. Â I’ve written about my favorite apps in my 5 Best Apps Series, but I still struggle to […]
Using Digital Tools to Create a Portfolio for Your Students
It is a tradition in the early childhood classes here to send each child home at the end of the year with a portfolio that documents the fun and learning that they experienced over the course of the school year. Â This tradition spans back at least a decade. Â When it first began, teachers used […]
We finally found some good headphones!
The headphones we ordered from Zulily finally arrived yesterday. I couldn’t be more pleased! They fit all of the children nicely regardless of head size and are so much easier for them to use than the walkman style ones we were borrowing from the older grades. Having our own headphones that go on easily is […]
Giraffes: A Popplet and a Project
It’s giraffe week in our class. Â We’re learning all about them! Did you know they only need to drink every few days? Â We have a collection of giraffe facts that we always share with our class and thought it would be fun to spice things up a little bit. Â I started scrolling through Pinterest and […]
