Kristen Buckley she/her

[Kristen Buckley she/her @KinderBuckley]

It's finally the first day of #Kindergarten at @powe_ek and I'm so ready to welcome this class of 2035! Help me teach students on their level by supporting my @DonorsChoose project for #flexibleseating https://t.co/RZ2RVxw14L #clearthelist

[Dr. Desiree Alexander of Educator Alexander @educatoralex]

There was nothing “lost” about last school year. Educators stepped up to care for & teach students through immense pressures & tiresome rhetoric. It was different, new, cumbersome, exhilarating, clunky, restorative, hard & A LOT, but it was not lost.

Don’t erase the work done!

[Jarrett Lerner @Jarrett_Lerner]

Books are meant to be…

[Simon Sinek @simonsinek]

Leaders take the risk to trust first.

[Kristen Buckley she/her @KinderBuckley]

@AbbyButlerCoach Haha, it was a student lunch (I realize that was a *key detail* that I left out) but yes, we'd love to see you both anytime!

[Kristen Buckley she/her @KinderBuckley]

Just finished our Kindergarten end of the (calendar) year zoom lunch and I think we're going to do it once a month as long as virtual learning continues.

Yes, we're all screen tired but having time to just hang out with these amazing and interesting humans really made my day.

[Kristen Buckley she/her @KinderBuckley]

At morning meeting today I asked my Kindergarteners if they had heard about any good things on the news, and we ended up talking about vaccines and masks.
We all agreed that we hope that we can go back to school safely soon, and that a vaccine is a step in that direction.

[Kristen Buckley she/her @KinderBuckley]

@maggiemcmindful I did *not* know about that.
Thank you!

[Kristen Buckley she/her @KinderBuckley]

I might have found the easiest part of teaching Kindergarten online.
Happy Halloween!

[Kristen Buckley she/her @KinderBuckley]

@AbbyButlerCoach Thank you! I'm trying to be patient, everything just takes so much longer on screens.

[Kristen Buckley she/her @KinderBuckley]

Today, on day 396 of online Kindergarten, my kids started talking to each other without my prompting.
I'm not lying when I tell you I started crying with my camera off. I almost don't want to interrupt by starting class.

[Kristen Buckley she/her @KinderBuckley]

@Mrs_Akinnagbe It's been going well!

[Kristen Buckley she/her @KinderBuckley]

Refreshed our online classroom (morning meeting slide) for next week to get into Q2!

We're going to try greeting each other with speech bubbles because zoom audio is making sharing really challenging.

[Kristen Buckley she/her @KinderBuckley]

It's been so wonderful to see our students in real life!

[Christine Akinnagbe @Mrs_Akinnagbe]

Just the kindergarten team dressing up as @letterland characters for our students!
Quarter 2 materials pick up happening today! #virtuallearning @LatishaNashay14 @KinderBuckley

[Kristen Buckley she/her @KinderBuckley]

@AbbyButlerCoach I have been saying this for YEARS. My former colleagues still text me when they hear someone calling a child a baby. 😂

[Kristen Buckley she/her @KinderBuckley]

@Mrs_Akinnagbe @LatishaNashay14 Wow, cool! What a great idea!

[Kristen Buckley she/her @KinderBuckley]

@maggiemcmindful @maggiesmithpoet Definitely a favourite of mine.

[Kristen Buckley she/her @KinderBuckley]

@researchandplay can you tell we combined counting collections with texture in small groups this morning? Smooth, soft, and hard collections were a hit! A "sharp" collection was suggested but we agreed it wouldn't be safe. 😂
Thank you for the inspo!

[Kristen Buckley she/her @KinderBuckley]

@sheathescholar This was the medicine I needed yesterday afternoon as well.

[Kristen Buckley she/her @KinderBuckley]

@Seesaw voice comments are the best thing about teaching Kindergarten over the internet.
Believe me, it's a short list, but these slow insights into my students' thinking is a mode of representation I've never used before and they ALWAYS make me smile.