I found two blogs that I was especially interested in visiting. The first one was "Teacher Tom". He won an award for the "Best Teacher Blog". This blog gave details about his classroom and the students in it. He talked about how they work very hard to build social skills and take on the theme, "We are all in this together." His blog was great with the pictures he provided and the stories he would tell about his classroom. I sent him a message, but have not received a response back as of this point. I told Tom that I was very impressed with his approach to building social skills in his preschool. As a kindergarten teacher, I would cherish having children coming to my classroom, having those social skills taught in this way.
http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/.
The second blog that I found very interesting to me was "Chalk Talk". This blog provided lots of ideas to use in my kindergarten classroom. I especially like the resource she used on her blog to teacher about animals and their habitats. I replied back to her and told her, this is what I would want to see and know. She provided a great resource. Unfortunately, I am still waiting on a response.
http://larremoreteachertips.blogspot.com/
For this class, I have posted on Lauren's, Nina's and Crystal's blogs.
http://kindereagles.blogspot.com/
http://capuanoland.blogspot.com/
http://teachingfirstgrade.blogspot.com/
Kathy,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing about Teacher Tom. I really enjoyed reading about his experience with teaching and the children he shares it with. It brought me back to the realization that although we have the push for standardized testing, students still need to understand who they are. They learn this through play and socialization- exactly what Teacher Tom believes in. I think learning who you are even helps develop our 21st century skills because it helps us communicate and collaborate with others while also finding that inner-creativity!
Kathy,
ReplyDeleteWay to go, for getting your blog up and running. I will have to check out "Chalk Talk". I'm always up for sharing resources with other primary teachers:)