The beginning of the school year is upon us, and, if you are like us, you are hard at work making your daily schedule. It can be a daunting task sometimes, so in this podcast, we’ll give you some ideas for how to make your day work for you!
Read MoreToday our podcast will be a little different. We’ll be sharing with you a recording of a video presentation Kathy made for ESGI. In this presentation, you’ll learn some great strategies for effective intervention in your classroom, or tips on how to group your students for ELA centers.
Read MoreThis is going to be a great podcast interview for our listeners who are new teachers or new to kindergarten. Vanessa provides you with some great ideas and tips for making your first years stress free!
Read MoreHave you ever wondered what to do with all of the other students when you are doing small group work? Never fear! We have some ideas for you to get your students working independently!
Read MoreDo you feel like you can’t cover everything in the classroom? Maybe you are trying to cover too much? In today’s episode we will discuss our “less is more” approach to classroom teaching that helps us to focus on what’s most important for student learning. We hope it helps you too!
Read MoreToday we will discuss how linguistics (the study of language) relates to teaching reading and how knowing more about phonemes, graphemes, and morphemes can improve your teaching.
Read MoreToday we are going to talk about the power of using music in your classroom. There are four artistic processes that students can engage in during a lesson.
Read MoreHello Kinder Guardians! In this week’s podcast, we’ll be discussing some ways that you can teach your students their own names and the names of their classroom friends!
Read MoreIn this week's podcast we talk phonics instruction with Wiley Blevins! Dr. Wiley Blevins is a world-renowned expert on early reading, and author of the seminal book Phonics From A to Z and A Fresh Look At Phonics, among many other works.
Read MoreHow do you build a classroom community? Two of the things we do are "Friend of the Day" and "Star of the Week". In this episode we'll walk you through the procedures we use to celebrate each child in our classroom, to help the children learn each other's names, and to build a classroom "family".
Read MoreWe all know that an essential component of education is teaching with academic rigor, but what is rigor anyway? Today we will do a deep dive into that very question!
Read MoreToday we have an awesome conversation about appropriate practice in Kindergarten with Christopher P. Brown of the University of Texas at Austin. Christopher is a Professor of Curriculum and Instruction in Early Childhood Education. He holds the Maxine Foreman Zarrow Endowed Faculty Fellowship in Education.
Read MoreIn today's episode we discuss some ways that you can manage behavior in your classroom (including some of our own non-examples). Plus, Mom makes a big confession about her past... We hope you find some useful and practical ideas you can put to use right away!
Read MoreToday we have a great discussion with Maureen Reilly and Dr. Jenny Nash of Lego Education about how Lego can be used to create a great school maker space and to support integrated and powerful learning opportunities.
Read MorePatti began her career at Lakeshore as a Product Developer in 2000. As a former elementary educator with ten years of hands-on classroom experience, Patti’s passion for helping children learn was second to none. In 2007, she took on the role of Elementary Product Development Manager, overseeing the creation of hundreds of innovative products for school-age children.
Read MoreHave you been trying to maximize the technology in your classroom? I certainly have. That's why I was so excited to find the Homer Learning app for my kindergartners! In this episode we get to talk to Michelle and Peggy of Homer Learning about the app and about the importance of listening and telling stories to the development of reading. You won't want to miss this one!
Read MoreIn this week's podcast we talk about the importance of part/whole mathematical relationships and some activities you can try with your students to help them develop this important concept.
Read MoreInspired by our own December stress, we're podcasting today about ways that we as teachers can take care of ourselves. We hope that all of you take some time this holiday season to get some rest and reward yourselves for the amazing work that you do!
Read MoreParents, do you need some strategies for reading with your child at home? Teachers, do you need some ideas to send home with students to maximize their reading time with their parents? In this podcast we will address some of the things that parents can do at home with their children during reading time to maximize their skills.
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