You know the commercial, late August - a parent is shopping through Staples (a stationary store) and the song begins... "It's the most wonderful time of the year..." ♪♪♪ And honestly, it is! Don't get me wrong, I love summer - the time to rest, see friends & family, travel - but I can't control time and September is coming, so I am ready to EMBRACE it and be EXCITED for it. Here's a little preview into THREE big things I've prepared this week as I get ready for the new school year (which for my school begins on Tuesday, September 3). 1. I've prepared my classroom I will admit, I'm very lucky to have such a large space. Stuart Shanker, in his book Calm, Alert, and Learning: Classroom Strategies for Self-Regulation writes, "For a number of years, educational programs such as Reggio Emilia have asserted that children concentrate better in a classroom with a reduced number of visual distractors" (p. 12, Shanker). We use thi...
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