An outdoor classroom, mud kitchen, and creepy crawlies- yes, please! Creating an entirely outdoor learning space is as easy as gathering loose parts when you incorporate my top 3 elements. Designing an entirely outdoor learning space became a passion of mine, back in 2013. It became a reality 3 short
Earth Day is coming soon, and many students were wondering how we would celebrate with cool Earth Day Activities. I want to share how to celebrate Earth Day, get your students outside, and, learn about all of the mysteries our Earth provides. Earth Day Activities- Observation Walk As a Natural
School gardens come in many shapes and forms. They can be edible gardens, tabletop gardens, mini gardens, and outdoor classroom gardens. The school gardens can be where beneficial insects will flock for advanced learning concepts. They can also be volunteer gardens that sprout up with no rhyme or reason. We
Studying art in the early years’ classroom is a fun and enriching experience. Artist Investigations are so engaging with young children. My classroom has explored a multitude of artists over the years. A few of these art studies I would return to each year, and a few new ones that
Unpopular opinion coming at you right now, we need for teachers to stop doing these 3 things to encourage student success. And spoiler alert they probably aren’t what you think… Stop EDUCATING students! Wait, WHAT?!?! Stop educating students for the test, admin, and expectations and INSTEAD keep making connections, building
Whatever you call them; morning meeting games, carpet games, or small group games, you can use this time to enhance academic concepts. You can use your morning meeting time to combine teamwork and communication skills. Young students need to be able to practice their newfound vocabulary and literacy or math
Natural Classrooms have become the new norm in our country. Teachers are including flexible seating in natural spaces and trying to achieve the farmhouse and magnolia look. Cactus-themed spaces, as well as classrooms with burlap and brick walls, are popping up all over Pinterest and Instagram each summer. It has
What does it mean to Teach the TK Way? Teaching the TK way means involving all of our senses, provoking deeper thoughts, and inspiring children to think about the ideas and learning opportunities that excite them. Is this style of teaching and learning just for TK? Absolutely not, any age
Use the DONE FOR YOU curriculum map and report card templates to create a standards-based curriculum in your early ed classroom. Transitional Kindergarten is a fairly new concept in my state. In a nutshell, it is for the students who are not quite ready for Kindergarten but need more than
R is for a Reggio Inspired Approach. Let’s take a minute to chat about what is a good classroom environment and what isn’t. How can you achieve it, and whether you are ever truly Reggio? The Reggio approach states that the environment is just as important as the students and
Nature-loving educator, early childhood mentor, and self-proclaimed creepy crawlie enthusiast.
For nearly two decades, I’ve helped early educators reimagine what’s possible inside traditional classrooms, supporting play, nature, and calm in environments that often feel anything but.
But that isn’t where my journey started…
There are a lot of programs that teach play.
Some that teach nature.
And plenty that promise to help you “hack” your schedule.
But Teach the TK Way is the only method that does all three;
with full support for traditional classrooms, district expectations, shared spaces, and real-life teachers.
Here, you don’t have to choose between worksheets and wonder.
You don’t have to burn out trying to fit someone else’s vision.
We work with what you have, and grow something beautiful from there.
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