At first, she used to read them correctly, but once she learned the teen numbers, she started consistently reading them as “zeroteen,” “oneteen,” and “twoteen.”
i got hired at a preschool and i am so incredibly excited, this is literally my dream and the first step in my career! so so happy!
Hello,
I’m developing an approach to early childhood art education through artists’ lenses, rather than primarily through developmental-age-based expectations or collections of “fun art activities.” I’m interested in how artists’ ways of seeing, thinking, and working with materials might offer educators different ways of understanding children’s artistic encounters.
As an early childhood practitioner, what would you want or need from a resource like this? What challenges or questions around children, art, and materials would you most want it to address?
Thanks for all your opinions!
My school has decided to lean more into Reggio. As part of this transition, they’re adding an atelier space and changing how we plan. I used to work at a center that was also Reggio, so I’m setting up the atelier and basically showing the teachers how to use the space.
But, the more I try to figure out how to do this in the most Reggio Way, I feel like the understanding of Reggio I learned at my old school isn’t actually Reggio. I’m so lost and confused. I always thought atelier was literally just an art studio - like going to electives in grade school. But I’m realizing it’s much more than that… I think?
The atelier is such a specific piece of Reggio, I really want to get this right and be as Reggio as humanly possible lol I’ve been reading up on it, I got the Reggio Way book from the library (can’t remember the actual title). And it’s helpful, but I can’t help but feel like my interpretation isn’t accurate.
I’m here hoping someone can guide me in the right direction? How to set up/stock the atelier? What should/should not be there? How to actually use the space? I’m also lost on how it’s different than using provocations in the classrooms. How/when do you do artist studies vs project work? If kids do project work in the atelier, do they do project work in the classroom too?
How do I create and use a Reggio Emilia inspired Atelier? How do I ensure I’m being as Reggio as possible?
i am going to be a preschool teacher for the first time starting next week. i feel as though i have no idea what to expect or how to handle the kids. can someone please give me some tips and things to expect?
AITA for deleting all my old lesson plans when I left teaching at a small center? I (31f) left a small preschool which lets be real it is a daycare and I deleted all the lesson plans I wrote. Said center did not provide a curriculum just a list of themes, what letter they wanted taught each week, along with a Bible verse (Baptist daycare). I started last school year teaching PK4 with 12 years experience, a degree, and a background in Early Intervention. The assistant director pushes back on anything I said and honestly all the students were behind on social emotional learning and self help skills. So I left at the end of the school year. Here is where I could be the AH on my last week I deleted all the lesson plans I wrote.
Found out from a former coworker they promised them to the new teacher for my position. The assistant director started to bad mouth me to everyone saying I stole things and deleted things that were not mine. (The previous teacher had her lesson plans in a Google Drive not the one drive the “school” used). I provided all the resources for my classroom and wrote original lesson plans.
So am I the AH for deleting my personal records? It was not written in my contract that the school owned them.