It was so nice just to have my daughter home this week from school for Thanksgiving! It gave her lots of opportunities for playtime with her younger sister who will be turning two next weekend. I think with our busy schedules sometimes I forget she's just six and needs just as much play as ever with the schedule she has at school in first grade. After School Playtime This week they had a baby nursury with the baby dolls and even an airplane trip with them. There were lots of handprint ... Read more...
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Building Character with Afterschool Activities
By encouraging my daughter to learn new things and to learn how to perform in front of others, she's building character by gaining self confidence and developing new skills. A season of change is happening in our house. This week has been full of Afterschool Activities that my daughter was enrolled in, just like every other week, but this week was special. We spent 3 of our nights celebrating all the things she's accomplished. I think it's important to stop and bring attention to our ... Read more...
Screen Free Week
This week is screen-free week, a time to un-plug and re-connect with the people in your life. Look UP! Look OUT! Take as much time as you possibly can this week to UNPLUG from electronic devices and PLUG into wonder, play, experiences, and re-connect with the PEOPLE that you love. Here at The Educators’ Spin On It, we believe in the power of parenting with purpose and have pledged to turn off our screens for the week and make even more meaningful connections with our ... Read more...
Top Summer Reading & Writing Resources
Have you ever wished you could bring home a teacher for the summer so your child didn't lose anything they learned during the school year? Here's your chance! Do you follow us on Pinterest? Start now! I've spent many hours searching the internet, collecting ideas and activities for reading and writing. As I'm reading, evaluating, and pinning things I'm thinking of YOU and YOUR CHILD and what your child would need for SUPPORT and what they might need to CHALLENGE them through the ... Read more...
Monster Activity Ideas & Book Review
As your child begins to read it's important to check their reading comprehension skills as they are reading a book. I will confess that my daughter is a pretty good reader at 5 years old. However she had me a bit fooled that she was comprehending more of what she was reading. I recently discovered this more when we sat down and read the book Matthew's Monsters by Stephanie Sisler and illustrated by Kyle Grzelak. This book is designed just for this ... Read more...