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It is a politician's JOB to understand the issues of the day, they have office staff to help! Let your congress person know how you feel about this (and other) issue and offer real life examples of the consequences to their own constituency. That's who will reelect them (or not). ------------------------------ ...

When I was teaching preschool/kindergarten (retired) the children enjoyed "Hide and Seek". It was a small group (5 - 6) activity which would go well with the Math Book of the Month. We had lots of small object "counters" and if we were working on 5 - each child took 5. They also had a opaque cup (recycled ...

At the beginning of the school year we used the water table to practice our snack skills. We wanted the children to serve themselves so we had small cups and pitchers in the water table to practice. Spoons and tongs with pom poms or plastic play food were good practice for other snacks. We used the play ...

Riding a bike, chasing someone around the play yard, following an obstacle course or going down a slide are all "risky" play but they happen in schools every day and most children aren't seriously injured by them. Young children fall and bump all the time, it's developmental, their muscles are still ...

Superhero play can work in YOUR classroom. I had a very similar experience in our university lab preschool. One year I had a group of boys who HAD to do Superheroes no matter what. After reading the research I decided I HAD to let them. We started with deciding the rules at circle time and #1 rule ...