“In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not".

 Teaching as a profession has a lot of people that think they can do it or how you can improve. I'm going to leave the internet experts alone today and focus on the subset of managers and educators that write, but don't teach.In a previous school I had a manger who was very well read on educational theories. He always had new ideas he wanted us to try and because he spent a lot of time reading he believed that this would make himself quite capable...

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How to Respond to a Pre-School Student saying "I love you"

A big question for any new Pre-School is how to respond to a child saying they love you? Eventually after a while of teaching your class your students will grow so close to you that they may start to tell you they love you. For children it's natural to tell the people they feel comfortable and safe with they love them. They may see you as much as they see their parents and for some children maybe more. A good teacher will make them feel cared about,...

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Exercise time?

 Should your school / class have an exercise time? Is it an important part of the school day or week? My first school had exercise time every morning. It was sold to the teachers as important to get the students moving to help them wake up for the school day. However, it was also held outside in the heat of summer. Afterwards students and teachers would be hot and sweaty and need to spend the next 20 minutes cooling off. Any suggestion that...

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Apples and Oranges

 This blog aims to help preschool ESL teache...

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Paley's Story Telling

 Paley's Story Telling Curriculum is one of the first teaching philosophies I really read a lot about. In the same vain as learn while playing philosophies Paley presents the idea that all children learn innately through story telling. Using it to help make understanding of the world around them and to express their own idea of how things work.Paley would allow students to volunteer to tell her a story. She would write it down...

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