Music teacher and singer/songwriter, Kim Noller’s New song, BIG is anything but small.
Written by Kim Noller
As the youngest child in a family FULL of large personalities and talent, I sometimes felt like I had to “play small” to not detract or upset others. I did somehow know that my feelings were big and important — I just couldn’t always explain them.
Are you looking for a fun curriculum for your PreK kids about the tides? How about combining some science with creative arts by teaching your kiddos the 8 phases of the moon and how they affect the tides in this super creative Music & Language Arts unit called TIDES ARE MOVING, now available on our TPT (Teachers Pay Teachers) Store at Teaching Through Stories And Songs. This unit is sure to be a very fun experience for both our littles and their teachers!
LEARN ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS AND THE EXTRA LEARNING SUPPORT THAT’S AVAILABLE FOR CHILDREN
Where do you go for support if you suspect your 3-5-year-old child has learning challenges? How do you know when your child might need some extra support?
An innovative early years program at LDS – Learn. Develop. Succeed. is a place to begin. LDS is a nonprofit charity dedicated to empowering all children, youth, and adults with learning differences. They recognize their unique strengths and help students develop the tools needed to achieve lifelong independence, confidence, and success. You can learn more about their core values and programs here.
Starting off with our list of recommended books, we begin with two titles, Adventure With Moose and Les adventures D’Ori.
ReadAbilities Publishing House Ltd. – Celebrating Neurodiversity in Children’s Literature
Samantha Clusiau-Lawlor and Renée Tessier, two long-time friends from Ottawa, are on a mission to fill a crucial gap in children’s literature. As the co-founders and authors behind ReadAbilities Publishing House Ltd., they noticed a significant lack of books featuring neurodiverse characters. Determined to make a difference, they set out to create a series of books that not only educate children and families about neurodiversity but also help remove any stigma associated with it.
When I first became a Kindermusik teacher many years ago, I asked myself where to begin with introducing littles to basic music principles such as pitch, dynamics, tempo, rhythm and solfege. Once I was ready to write my first lesson plan, I became a bit nervous. Because I had started off with teaching parent participation classes, I asked myself, as a parent, how I would like music to be introduced to my kids, then I started to relax as the answer became very obvious to me!
An education capable of saving humanity is no small undertaking; it involves the spiritual development of man, the enhancement of his value as an individual, and the preparation of young people to understand the times in which they live.”
DR. MARIA MONTESSORI
Even though I’ve worked in preschool classrooms and after school programs for over a decade, I have never thought this deeply about how children learn best. Thinking past the curriculum and the philosophy of most education programs, I was brought deeper into what this all meant. These questions came to me after my visit to Westside Montessori Academy which is when I began to fully appreciate the benefits our children receive from a Montessori education.
Written by Lorrie Holmes
Can kids develop their artistic skills through Creative Play? Does this include developing skills in music, songwriting, creative writing, drama and dance through play? Here are six ways to show you that they can! It’s certainly what I experienced during my years spent leading creating arts classes with children from ages 3 to 12. In fact, the more creative freedom that’s given, the more focused children are on developing a skill or completing a project to the best of their ability.
What better way to start your Spring lesson planning than with the tried and true book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which continues to expand into a whole collection of titles you can use to plan a fun Spring Classroom Theme around!
This story, written and illustrated by the infamous Eric Carle, was a must use every spring in my own preschool lesson planning! The original story offers such unique artwork in a style that is Eric Carle’s alone, and pulls the children into the fun activity of going through all of the days of the week as this very hungry caterpillar munches and crunches his way through a whole lot of food choices, some healthy and some sneaky!
Interviewed by Lorrie Holmes
As Swiss Psychologist, Jean Piaget, once stated, “Knowledge is a consequence of experience.”
There is a lot of truth to this statement and as education continues to evolve, Project-Based Learning (PBL) has become more recognized. In fact, many schools have actually taken on a Project Based Learning Model in offering their students the opportunity to apply many of their core learnings to these projects as part of their curriculum.
Today we are sharing an interview I recently conducted for BC Parent Newsmagazine on two leaders in our education community on project based education – Paul Romani, Director of Pear Tree School and Owen Hann, V.P. of Operations for Steamoji – about what Project Based Learning means to them and their students, how they go about offering such emergent programs, and what they feel the benefits are for the students who engage in these programs.