There is special funding to help students from the low-income family because statistic shows that these students have low academic levels. Many families can afford to send their children to go to preschool. For low-income families, they can send their children to the Headstart program to prepar...
The Commission wants more preschool programs and the most qualified teachers to work in low income districts, and so on, but those are local or state decisions, and most members of the Commission — those speaking up at the meetings — do not seem to trust anyone but Washington. So if Was...
I made the S’more Layer Cake fromThe Smitten Kitchen Cookbook. Miss Seven picked it out, and it seemed to go well with the BBQ theme (ribs,slaw, mac-n-cheese,green beans,cornbread). The recipe is really perfect, though I scaled it up by 50% to make it a 10-inch cake. I also ...
Explain today’s theme and memory verse. Distribute a footprint to eight children. On the command “start,” have them arrange themselves in order to complete the verse. Instruct each child to say the word on his or her footprint in turn to complete the verse. Redistribute the footprints ...
It had just never happened before on this theme. I was nodding, not minding at all being thought of favorably now by both of these women—the interloper and my lover, with whom I was not going to have a bad weekend after all. Then she said, “Yeah, I’m totally getting into the ...
Like splashing around in the water table at a children's museum. In 10 years, I'm confident we'll no longer be doing that. And that's ok... there are always bigger adventures on the horizon. But I'm glad I'm making the most of these baby/toddler/preschool years while I have the...
I am so glad I changed the theme — this was a WONDERFUL storytime where everyone behaved like angels, and it was a great day for participation, too. I started off storytime with “Mouse’s First Spring” by Lauren Thompson. While this is a great book for spring, I like it even bet...
Pinky and the Brain. While the theme song may claim that one of these Animaniacs is a genius and the other's insane, a closer look calls the assertion into question. The pair of genetically-modified lab mice are always getting caught up in complicated scenarios of Brain's devising. And ...