Hello! I’m super excited and honored to be a guest blogger for Teacher Created Resources! My name is Staci and I am the author of a  blog called “Let’s Teach Something”. I teach Kindergarten and I do lots of centers in my classroom. I do reading centers in the morning that focus mostly on our … Continue reading Let’s Talk Centers
When I first started teaching, how each day went depended a lot on how benevolent my students were feeling. It is embarrassing to admit that. It’s not as though I didn’t know a lot about classroom management; I just didn’t know how to make it work yet. The weeks went on and I learned every … Continue reading Classroom Management: The Hunt for a Toolbox
I am starting to see lots of information about the “flipped classroom.â€Â This has grown out of the Kahn model, which was talked about at the TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) conference. Here’s a link to learn more about TED and the Flipped Classroom. It is the type of thing that I start to wonder … Continue reading The Flipped Classroom
I was once in a teaching workshop with a woman who was raised in Alaska. I remember asking her if it was hard as a kid to not be able to play outside at recess or after school for so much of the year. I clearly remember her answer: “Oh, we’d still play outside until … Continue reading Rainy Day Recess Activities