Posted in Preschool News on Sep 7th, 2009
Preschool starts tomorrow and I am so HAPPY!!! I love the beginning of the year when the rooms all look so fresh and clean. I love all the new little faces that will be coming in the door, and all the parents who will be rushing out the door. It’s going to be a great [...]
Posted in Preschool News on Aug 25th, 2009
I love this time of year — it’s fun when everything seems new and all the possibilities are ahead of us! Today was our teacher orientation at the preschool. It’s awesome to see how God takes individual personalities and turns them into a team!!! Our staff is incredible—I can’t wait to see what a great [...]
Posted in Preschool News on Apr 12th, 2009
I hope everyone had a terrific Easter!!! I love Easter–not just because of the great candy and beautiful clothes, but because of the hope of Jesus’ resurrection!! Everyone seems to be in such a good mood because they remember the whole reason for this holiday—how awesome that we serve a risen Saviour!!!
Tonight at church I [...]
Posted in Preschool News on Feb 25th, 2009
My friend Jack, who is now 5 years old and very ready to go to Kindergarten next year, posed some very interesting questions to me today—-
Would you rather eat a live tarantula or keep a live wasp in your mouth for 5 minutes? I chose the latter. Jack agreed!
Would you rather have feet hanging off [...]
Posted in Preschool News on Nov 11th, 2008
I just spent a couple of days going to seminars at the National Association of Education for Young Children conference here in Dallas. WOW! It was so awesome to get to hear from some of the greatest early childhood educators! It was also fun to meet people from all over the nation that are wanting [...]
Posted in Preschool News on Nov 4th, 2008
Today our school was a polling place. In anticipation of the huge crowds, we told the teachers to go the back way through the school so they would not be taking the children through all the people in line (yes, I was sure there were pedophiles and kidnappers voting so I didn’t want them to [...]
Posted in Preschool News on Jul 9th, 2008
Eight years ago I had the privilege of being a Pre-K teacher. All of my children were those whose parents chose to give them an extra year to grow before Kindergarten. My years in the Pre-K classroom were my favorite as an educator—I loved all of those children. I love it when I see them around town, [...]
Posted in Preschool News on Jun 17th, 2008
I was reminded last week how much I love my job— this was the week of Vacation Bible School, which is always a fun week. This year’s Power Lab curriculum had lots of fun activities. I usually try to connect with some of the preschool parents and meet new parents while their children are engaged in [...]
Posted in Preschool News on Jun 13th, 2008
One of my pet peeves in working with children are lazy teachers! With young children there are so many opportunities to help them learn and it really does not take much effort on the part of the supervising adults. Today I was in a school and saw a small sign on the door announcing a [...]
Posted in Preschool News on Jun 13th, 2008
At the end of school this year the four year old class had splash day. They had slip & slides, a ball that shot out water, swimming pools, squirt guns, and sidewalk chalk—their whole day was fun in the sun! Jack and his friend, Tyler, could not resist whacking the branches of a small tree [...]