One of my friends from college is having observers come from Washington, D.C., to observe her Inquiry-based kindergarten classroom. I keep up with her blogs and have seen some wonderful things. I’ve also wondered about the lack of primary colors in the classroom and wondered if there were any research studies linking student performance to…Read More

Here’s a wonderful, big book about celebrating ethnic diversity that my preschoolers enjoyed as I read aloud last week. I placed it in the reading center with multi-ethnic puppets to give students the opportunity to re-tell the story to others. What other books have you all found useful for teaching this…Read More

Anyone have any experience with this resource? I signed up today and am peeking around a bit.
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Thanks for sharing this info and videos Jeff. I do not doubt that we have just as innovative teaching going on in our region, it’s a matter of capturing it!

Who wants to capture a short video of what you have going on in the classroom and post?

found this article, which is a presentation about using technology in the early years. There are videos (very short (less than minute each) – straight to the point), descriptions: what the school does for each grade level pk – 3 , what research states, and what to look for. I reviewed them all in about 15 minutes.
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