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Counting with clouds
A simple, hands-on way to bring counting into your classroom!
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A gentle reminder as we explore Parshas Noach
Meaningful learning doesn't need elaborate setups or expensive materials.
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Explore the Mabul rain with our entire body
From scooping and pouring to counting raindrops, creating rainy-day art, and making our very own rainstorm with shakers, clapping, and stomping!
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What do we want our little ones to carry with them from the story of Noach
That there’s a little Tzaddik inside each one of us.
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Don’t only teach the flood. Teach the rainbow
It’s easy to get caught up in the animals, the rain, the clouds, and the Teivah. But what is the big idea we want our little ones to carry with them?
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The perfect companion to my Parshas Noach storybook
Bring the story off the page and into little hands. Attach these puppets to popsicle sticks or smooth stones for storytelling, sequencing, counting, and play.
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It’s here
Parshas Noach: The Story of Noach is officially available on Amazon!
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Bring the Days of Creation to life with these hands-on ten frames
Children can add or match loose parts to each day of Creation:
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Bring the story of our world to life with these Bereishis puppets
Print them, cut them out, and attach them to popsicle sticks—or turn them into story stones for hands-on learning and play.
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It’s here
Parshas Bereishis: The Story of Our World is officially available on Amazon!
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What’s the BIG IDEA of Succos
Going past the building, the stamping, the painting the lulav, the sweet smelling esrog, the succah sensory bins and lulav and esrog crafts...
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Sukkos Puppet Printables
A simple, hands-on way to bring Sukkos learning to life!
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Big behaviors don’t need big reactions
When a child is struggling, we can come back to the A.B.C. of behavior:
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Reframing behavior as an “OOPS” moment teaches a child three powerful
1. I am not my behavior.
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Bring the story of Yonah to life with a simple hands-on storytelling
A simple way to make the story more interactive, meaningful, and memorable in the preschool classroom.
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This school year is going to feel like we’re starting over approximately
Just as our children begin settling into the rhythm of school… another Yom Tov comes along, routines shift, and then we come back and begin again.
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We talk so much in early childhood about whole-body learning and engaging
And then we look at Rosh Hashana.
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Sensory play is one of those things we know is SO good for children… but
A few intentional choices can make all the difference:
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Montessori gave us the beautiful idea that play is the work of the child
Reggio showed us the incredible possibilities of loose parts.
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Sometimes the “circle time behavior” isn’t really about the child
It might be the rug that’s too small.
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The children who are struggling loudly often get our attention first
But sometimes, it’s the quietest child who needs us to look a little closer.
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A preschool classroom can go from calm to A LOT in about thirty seconds
And when the energy rises, our instinct is often to meet it with more—more volume, more directions, more reminders, more correcting.
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The kindest teachers aren’t always the ones who say yes
Children need clear, safe boundaries in order to trust us.
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A calm classroom isn’t always a quiet classroom
Sometimes a calm classroom is actually pretty loud.
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It’s the start of the school year, and it’s so easy to get caught up in
We learn how apples grow. We sort apples. We measure with apples. We learn about bees and how honey is made.
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Big emotions are like waves
They come. They crest. And they pass.
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We’ve all seen it
There’s one birthday cake in the dramatic play center… and suddenly everyone needs the birthday cake. 🎂
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Open-ended play doesn’t have to mean completely redoing your classroom—or
Sometimes it starts with one simple swap.
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Are you a policeman or a lifeguard
A policeman is constantly watching for something to correct.
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Free play isn’t the time when teachers stop teaching
It’s the time when we teach differently.
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Before we label a child difficult, let’s get curious
Dumping. Climbing. Running. Grabbing. Painting on EVERYTHING.
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Your calm-down corner might be making things worse
Calm-down corners can be beautiful tools—but not when they become the place we send a child after they’ve already lost control.
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The best sensory bin tools might already be hiding in your kitchen
A fruit stand. A pill organizer. A citrus squeezer. A recycled K-Cup. A mortar + pestle.
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Some “behavior problems” are actually classroom problems
Before we ask, “What’s wrong with this child?” we need to look at three things:
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5 Simple Classroom Play Swaps
Small material swaps that invite more open-ended play.
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