*Motor Skills (Fine and Gross) Posts

Resources for Promoting Play and Learning

Resources for Promoting Play and Learning

I think we can all agree that our youngest students need to spend more time playing and developing their fine and gross motor skills and building a strong foundation for academics. But where do we even start?

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Children at Play: Putting Play Back in Education

Children at Play: Putting Play Back in Education

I go into hundreds of classrooms a year, and I find the kindergarten classrooms to be the most interesting.  At one time, we thought kindergarten was going to be a great, developmentally appropriate idea for our youngest students. I was part of the planning...

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PreK Centers in a Snap!

PreK Centers in a Snap!

Last week I was in New Orleans working with Lafourche Parish preschool teachers. The goal of the day was numeracy, and one of the highlights was the afternoon make-and-take session, where we had five stations for teachers to visit.  In addition to working on numeracy,...

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