We had a wonderful day at Valley College for Annabelle's Play Day. We had the sugar water chalk drawing at the table and had the book Practical Kindergarten...
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practicalkin...
May 7, 2008 3:09 am
Hello everyone! I am so excited that we have 50 members in such a short time, welcome to all. I hope that you will join in the conversations and especially if...
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practicalkin...
May 15, 2008 2:23 am
I finally had a moment to add a list of Renee's favorite links to the yahoo group...I have been intriqued as I checked the links before posting them, so please...
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practicalkin...
May 26, 2008 11:39 pm
Practical Kindergarten is about creating positive learning experiences. Renee believes that postive learning experiences at all levels are key to learning and...
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practicalkin...
Jun 4, 2008 10:51 pm
Hello all... I have just uploaded the Salt Sand Art activity. This looks like so much fun with more of the variety of development points and this time I have...
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practicalkin...
Jun 6, 2008 12:39 am
Describe the teacher you always wanted to have......
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bigbearhag
Jun 7, 2008 9:45 pm
Hi, Would you please re-send your msg. with the links included. They were not included on your previous msg. Thanks so much!...
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practicalkin...
Jun 12, 2008 3:26 am
Hello and thanks for asking about this...if you go to the group and look at the column on the left hand side of the page, there is a button titled "Links"...
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practicalkin...
Jun 12, 2008 3:44 am
As someone just asked about the links on the group, I would also encourage the members to peruse the Files section of the group (just look on the left column...
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Sharon Meagher
bigbearhag
Jun 13, 2008 2:49 am
Ok...I'm confused...I read the reviews of the book and there is a table of contents .doc there as well. Is that provided so that we know what is in the book or...
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practicalkindergarten
practicalkin...
Jun 13, 2008 11:13 pm
Hello all, sorry for the confusion, but the table of contents is just that, a copy from the book. Recently a reviewer asked for it, and I thought, wow, what a...
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Sharon Meagher
bigbearhag
Jun 14, 2008 3:57 pm
Hi Krystal, Thank you for the clarification! Happy summer! Sharon...
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joyce_m_alford
Jun 27, 2008 12:15 pm
I cannot sing! I don't mean I can't sing well!!! I mean I can't sing at all!!!!!!! Can't carry a tune and can't stay in rhythm!!!! HELP! I need instrumental...
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practicalkindergarten
practicalkin...
Jul 2, 2008 12:15 am
Hi Joyce First of all, relax. In general you are teaching a group of children who walk into the classroom carrying their hearts in their hands for you. They...
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Joyce Alford
joyce_m_alford
Jul 2, 2008 10:12 am
Thanks for the encouragement! Everyone has been super at giving encouragement and advice. I am going to give it my all when school starts. No more...
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practicalkindergarten
practicalkin...
Jul 7, 2008 3:32 pm
Hello all, I just uploaded a cooking activity, "Making Tortillas" from Practical Kindergarten with the noted acommodations and the learning plan. This adds one...
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practicalkin...
Jul 10, 2008 6:15 pm
Much of Renee's perspective is on positive modeling. How your choices as an educator or parent can affect the outcomes you see in the classroom and home. There...
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practicalkindergarten...
Jul 10, 2008 6:20 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the practicalkindergarten group. File :...
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practicalkin...
Jul 10, 2008 6:24 pm
I apologize for the typos on this last message, I am not using my own computer. but most important is that one of the references on the group for positive...
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practicalkindergarten
practicalkin...
Jul 10, 2008 6:46 pm
Unfortunately the file could not be added to by members, and I have deleted it from the group. Fortunately I have found another solution. I have created a...
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landrberg
Jul 10, 2008 7:24 pm
Mindset is a choice. The choice is YOURS. As educators it is particularly important for you to be responsible for your mindset, as your state of mind will...
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practicalkin...
Jul 12, 2008 2:44 pm
I just posted some photos on the group, I call them "Beautiful with Meaning". I receive them from a friend on another group and I thought that they were...
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sassykteacher
Jul 12, 2008 8:06 pm
Hi everyone, I had to spread the word about this incredible web site that has amazing assessments that take less than half the time of regular pen and paper...
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practicalkindergarten
practicalkin...
Jul 14, 2008 5:30 pm
In case you are unaware how to add to the gratitude journal, click on the database at the left column, open the Gratitude Journal and then find the 'add...
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practicalkin...
Jul 15, 2008 9:13 pm
On a websearch, I just found an wonderful link, http://www.uiwtx.edu/~moore/index.html This is a personal journey to the home of Freidrich Froebel in East ...
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practicalkin...
Jul 16, 2008 9:54 pm
I thought I would share a bit from Chapter 2 ~ Practical Pedagogy Habits of Highly Effective Teachers 1. Know Your Children. The more familiar a teacher is...
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practicalkin...
Jul 18, 2008 3:44 am
and one in particular struck me as necessary to share, it is titled 'Finish each day' I hope you enjoy and please feel free to add your own pictures to share ...
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practicalkin...
Jul 19, 2008 11:07 pm
Hello If you happen to be in the LA area, I will be teaching 4 or 5 classes this Fall. One is a Child Development 4 class from LA Mission College (section ...
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practicalkindergarten
practicalkin...
Jul 26, 2008 3:54 pm
I just spent time with Renee Berg in her summer Childhood Development class at Mission College and I had some thoughts and also some feedback from her...
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Renee Berg
landrberg
Jul 26, 2008 4:06 pm
Well done Krystal!! ... Well done Krystal!! On Jul 26, 2008, at 8:54 AM, practicalkindergarten wrote: I just spent time with Renee Berg in her summer Childhood...
