This summer I heard from many upper grade elementary teachers who are going to be teaching Kindergarten for the first time next year. You can not even begin to image the HUGE blessing you have been given by teaching five and six year old children next year. So here are Tips When Moving from Upper Elementary to Kindergarten. The amount of love that will be growing in your classroom over the next … [Read more...]

Let me tell you about The Year I Gave Up My Passion. Last year was an interesting year for my family. I had do something I never thought I could or would have to do. See, I had to make a mommy decision. I had to do exactly what many parents have to do for their kids. This meant I had to give up part of my heart for my kids. Last year I walked away from my kindergarten classroom and onto a new … [Read more...]

Are you a new teacher who is about to start your career in Kindergarten? Are you changing grades or schools into a Kindergarten class? Or are you just looking to start this upcoming school year with a fresh game plan? Let's go over the Top 5 Questions to Ask to Teach Kindergarten. (And most likely any other grade.) Can I see the curriculum map? Most school systems and individual schools … [Read more...]

"Kindergarten. It is the  world of nap time, snack time and play. Kindergarten teachers are the luckiest teachers in the WORLD. They get to have so much FUN. They do all kinds of art projects and crafts with school purchased supplies. They have story time and calendar time. It is the easiest and best job in the world." If you are actually a kindergarten teacher, you just shuddered and … [Read more...]

There is an unwritten rule about teaching. Once you have a child enter your classroom, and they are on your role, and entrusted to your care, they are forever referred to everyone as "our student." Age has no hold, because a student of yours will forever be Your Student. They are OURS. They belong to us! I know they are really on loan from their parents for about 8 hours a day, for 180 … [Read more...]

Everything we need to know about teaching, we have watched in episodes of Friends. It is 100% true and I am going to prove it. Have you ever listened to two students are working together and try to encourage each other? Stand by, close enough to listen and you hear... That is the kind of encouragement no teacher can do better. No one gets other students... like other students. Then there … [Read more...]

Teacher burnout is a real thing. Passionate, educated teachers give everything they have. Teachers give everything to their schools; towards improving data, test scores, and towards trying to be the perfect educator in a world full of beautiful, DESERVING, important students. Little by little teachers are being worn down, beat up, and drained. And we know this drain isn't fixed by summer … [Read more...]