Science Notebooks for Students

Keeping a science notebook encourages students to record and reflect on inquiry-based observations, activities, investigations, and experiments. Science notebooks are also an excellent way for students to communicate their understanding of science concepts, and for teachers to provide students with...

Teaching and managing the kindergarten classroom

Suzanne, a friend and neighbor, just started her student teaching in a kindergarten classroom. She’s a career switcher, having gone back to school after 15 years as a nurse and a Mom to 4 kids, including one with special needs. Student teaching is turning out to be a ton of work to juggle on top of being a Mom and a wife. Long days of teaching and long nights of homework and planning. Remember those early days...

Promote Reading Success at Home

by Tamara Thompson Creating a reading environment at home and parent involvement is crucial in developing a successful reader. Children who are read to on a consistent basis have an average vocabulary of 20,000 words, whereas children not read to regularly on average have a vocabulary of 3,000 words. Be active in your child’s reading development as they figure out how written words work, and begin to use...