How fun!! This morning BRE Kindergarten took a virtual field trip via zoom to a dairy farm in Iowa!! Thanks @mcclary_kristen for this awesome idea!! ๐ We learned so much!๐
My school just "pivoted" to online. Here's the message I sent to students:
I'm here to support you however I can. Take care of yourself and your family first. Our class should not be your priority. Everything about this class is flexible. Whatever happens, we will work it out.
during play time I was is ecstatic to see students choosing to play and build with our 3D shapes ๐
โYour cone is sitting on my rectangular prism... it kind of looks like a house!!โ
Spent our Friday learning about 3D shapes to come back on Monday and paint with them โก๏ธ student pressed their 3D shapes onto white paper to notice the flat 2D shapes ๐
loved working on our sight words on the windows of BRE! We practiced our words and then allowed students to write their โI seeโ sentences from their observations ๐ writing can be so fun and these kinders LOVED this form of unconventional writing
Snow can be SUCH a fun opportunity for learning to happen! I loved to see my friends willingly writing sight words in the snow ๐ฅฐ wonderful learning can take place if students are given the opportunity to play. #WebelieveinBRE#kinder#unstructuredplay
Update Time!
So happy to be back at @BREMustangs for my FOURTH semester learning from their amazing faculty/staff/students โค๏ธ student teaching is off to a great start and I am so thankful to learn from such an amazing educator as @BeringerDen โค๏ธ
Accepted the opportunity of a lifetime to teach internationally at a wonderful school in Taiwan. I cannot wait to meet my future students, families, and faculty as I take on Kindergarten ๐ค #taiwantakeover#teachabroad
Congrats to Mizzou Ed Seniors Emma Watson, Mary Kate Adams and Ashley McIlroy, who have recently accepted kindergarten teaching jobs in Taiwan! The early childhood majors will graduate in May 2020, and used the college's Global Engagement Office to secure the positions.
Ive kept these MLK pieces in my bedside table for a couple of years now. Im moved and challenged every time I read them. How can we teach young children about MLK and social justice in ways that are authentic, relevant, and do not limit the complex discussion around civil rights?
Loose parts are developmentally appropriate, economically efficient, sustainable, and inclusive! How can we incorporate loose parts into a system that is being taken over by scripted curriculum?