Leah Joerling

mother, wife, ECSE teacher, Seesaw ambassador, Drake alumni, Masters in Educational Leadership and Teacher Leadership

[Leah Joerling @mrsjoerling]

We are using blue paper, white crayons, and shapes to make blueprints today!@NKCEarlyed

[Leah Joerling @mrsjoerling]

Playing with snow! @NKCEarlyed

[Leah Joerling @mrsjoerling]

A little (battery-powered) candle-lit breakfast today! @NKCEarlyed

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Sensory transportation sort @NKCEarlyed

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Sometimes you just need your animal friends to watch you work. @NKCEarlyed

[Leah Joerling @mrsjoerling]

So much learning happening with ramps, balls, and cars! @NKCEarlyed

[Leah Joerling @mrsjoerling]

Making our own city maps! @NKCEarlyed #projectconstruct

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Our grocery store is open for business! @NKCEarlyed #communityhelpers

[Leah Joerling @mrsjoerling]

Making applesauce is so much fun when you have a spiral peeler! Thank you @eagbaji ! One woman’s goodwill donation is another one’s treasure.

[Leah Joerling @mrsjoerling]

It’s applesauce day! I love my job. @NKCEarlyed

[Leah Joerling @mrsjoerling]

Acting out Little Blue Truck today with a sensory experience too! Beans are the mud, farm animals, and trucks are ready to go! @NKCEarlyed

[Leah Joerling @mrsjoerling]

It’s apple picking season! Ss picked apples off the trees and had a choice to sort them by color, then start all over again! @NKCEarlyed

[Leah Joerling @mrsjoerling]

Hole punching real and paper leaves today to build our hand strength! @NKCEarlyed

[Leah Joerling @mrsjoerling]

Representation matters! Students used mirrors to determine what color their skin is, then found the color that best matches using our skin color crayons and markers. @Crayola you have come a long way over the years and I love these markers and crayons! @NKCEarlyed

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We measured our shoes using smiley face rulers! @NKCEarlyed

[Leah Joerling @mrsjoerling]

We are different, we are the same. Yesterday we read this book and chose what color pile cleaner matches our hair color! @NKCEarlyed

[Leah Joerling @mrsjoerling]

Ss put felt bad aids on stuffed animals to practice colors, body parts, following directions, kindness and empathy. Now that we learned it in small group, the activity will be placed in the pretend play center for independent practice! @NKCEarlyed

[Leah Joerling @mrsjoerling]

My favorite way to build relationship with kids and families- every student gets one positive note each week. I prep them with names on Monday and make sure I have an empty clipboard at the end of the week! @NKCEarlyed

[Leah Joerling @mrsjoerling]

We practiced retelling the 3 little pigs with an impromptu puppet show during work time today! @NKCEarlyed

[Leah Joerling @mrsjoerling]

Creating animals with a constructivist approach! I let the kids look through informational texts to get animal inspiration, then gave them various art materials to create! @NKCEarlyed