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The Highs and Lows of the Preschool Profession
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upsydaisy
steemiteducation
2018-07-24 18:29
An American Goes Costa Rican Part Two - Touristy Adventures
No trip to another country can be complete without touristy adventures! On our recent trip to Costa Rica, we made sure to hit all the hot spots near the little town of Dominical where we were staying.
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upsydaisy
steemiteducation
2018-07-18 14:59
An American Goes Costa Rican Part One - The Road to Dominical
Every few years, my little family takes a big vacation. Usually, we take road trips. The United States is a VERY big place, and going to Texas can seem like a foreign country. The people, clothing,
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upsydaisy
steemiteducation
2018-07-10 15:43
Steemiteducation Homework: Why did I decide to become a teacher? It's a long, short story...
Hello Steemians! I never really introduced myself on this site, so let me take this #steemiteducation opportunity to #introduceyourself, and tell you why I became a teacher! My parents never believed in
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upsydaisy
steemiteducation
2018-07-02 15:51
Fun Books with Lasting Impressions for Preschool - My Steemiteducation Homework
This week's @steemiteducation homework: Which book would you prescribe to your students to read and why would it make an impression on them. As you know my fellow Steemians, I TEACH PRESCHOOL. These little
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upsydaisy
steemiteducation
2018-06-25 03:23
A quick grocery lesson from Costa Rica
Just got back from a trip to Costa Rica! As I gather photos and stories to share, here's a funny tale from the Super Mercado... My mission is to find milk and juice. I'm an American, so if anything else,
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upsydaisy
steemiteducation
2018-06-13 15:16
Party Time with Glitter! - A Preschool Story
Teaching is teaching, whether it be 10 kids or 32, the pythagorean theorem or number recognition, college all the way down to preschool. I am a preschool teacher who must defend herself often. Some folks
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upsydaisy
steemiteducation
2018-06-08 15:52
Celebrating Diversity in Preschool - The Power of Pink
I'm in a sour mood, Steemians. I don't feel like writing, but I've got a bug in my bonnet that I need to locate, retract and smash, i.e., something is occurring in preschool and I need to write. So I've
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upsydaisy
steemiteducation
2018-06-04 22:53
Kindergarten, Here We Come! Are you Ready?
As an early childhood teacher in America, my job is to get children ready for big kid school. In my corner of the country, preschool is for 3 to 4-year-old children. Here, we teach the skills for the magical
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upsydaisy
steemiteducation
2018-05-25 02:58
Steemiteducation Homework: Least favorite subject to the lessons of which I am most passionate!
At my preschool, we don't have subjects, but we do have six domains to cover. These include cognitive, language, physical, literacy, mathematics, and social-emotional. My least favorite of the six is the
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upsydaisy
steemiteducation
2018-05-16 01:27
Fruity, Fabulous Lesson Plan on Adjectives
While student teaching, I wrote a lesson plan for first grade, English language learners to enhance their writing using descriptive, juicy adjectives. The lesson contains a large and small group, along
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upsydaisy
steemiteducation
2018-05-10 02:03
Learning Literacy through Play - An Academic Perspective
It is well known that children learn by doing. Solely using rote worksheets and drills are proven time and time again to be ineffective, especially in preschool children. When young children are active
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upsydaisy
steemiteducation
2018-05-05 02:20
Pee-Pee, Poo-Poo, and Doodie
There is a familiar annoyance that’s popped up once again in my preschool classroom, and I blame 3-year-olds. Since my children range from 3 to 5, most of my elders have out grown this phase. But a recent
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upsydaisy
steemiteducation
2018-04-28 17:15
The Short Story about Writing a Master's Thesis
Greetings, fellow Steemians! I have neglected Steemit for many months, writing my thesis for a Master's Degree in Education. I am finally DONE!!! Although it may be quite boring, I feel obligated to write
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upsydaisy
steemiteducation
2018-03-11 20:40
Celebrating Diversity in Preschool - Girl Power and Gender Roles
As you know, fellow Steemians, I have major issues as an adult because of my older brother. None of which is his fault. Growing up in the 70's and 80's, he was merely playing the role of the boy and I
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upsydaisy
mypictureday
2018-03-01 00:10
A Preschool Perspective from Above - MyPictureDay
I'm often taking photos of my preschool classroom, but some parents do not allow photos to be taken of their children. They prefer to keep their children anonymous. When I take photos from above, however,
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upsydaisy
steemiteducation
2018-02-24 17:54
The Black Panther Has Arrived – A preschool story
As you may know, I have entered the Marvel Universe by force. Being a little sister AND a mother of a son for the past 17 years, there was no choice for decades. Notice I said WAS. My brother and I grew
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upsydaisy
steemiteducation
2018-02-19 18:29
Dumbledore Defeated in Gollum's World Part II - A preschool story
The preschool world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. The precious has returned to my classroom. It is that one item that is slightly different from the
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upsydaisy
steemiteducation
2018-02-17 23:57
teachers are not faster than a speeding bullet
As you know, I'm a teacher. How pompous of me to think I am a superhero, yet there are many references to teachers being labeled as such. "I teach. What's your superpower?" I have that t-shirt.
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upsydaisy
steemiteducation
2018-02-15 17:37
A Dino Tale from Preschool
One morning at preschool, a child brought a large, plastic dinosaur to the wooden dollhouse and began to stomp the dinosaur and knock over the doll furniture. As I saw this happen . . . FLASHBACK! When
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upsydaisy
geek
2018-02-13 01:20
Star Wars and Toys - A little sister story
I’m still incredibly bitter about the toy situation back in 1977. Some of you may not know nor remember, but a certain movie came along that made a huge impact on me and my older brother. By the time Christmas
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