Bags of Home Learning round 2

Nevada Governor Sisolak closed schools for the rest of the school year at a live press conference Tuesday evening (April 21). Although I'd been saying it out loud for weeks, sort of trying it on for size, it felt so heavy and dire to hear him say it. For it to become official. And I …

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Adventures in Distance Kindergarten Day 5

I'm trying to spice up our Morning Meeting on zoom to make them more interactive, fun and potentially educational.Look at their cute little faces! We're so lucky that Ms. Shari and Mrs. A joined us. 😊 Today, they brought their whiteboard, markers and eraser from their Bags of Home Learning and we played a guessing …

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Seesaw

I've used Seesaw with my kindergarteners for several years. I probably learned about it during an #ecechat (early childhood educators Twitter chat) with Heidi Veal @vealheidi, Nancy Alvarez @techwnancy and Jessica Cabeen @jessicacabeen in 2015 or 2016. And thank goodness. While my school is using Zoom and Google classroom as our platforms in common, the …

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Global Goals for Lake Tahoe School

I am so lucky to be connected with Jennifer Williams through our mutual pal, Sean Gaillard. Because of my America Achieves fellow fellow, Sharon Davison, and Jen, I learned about the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the TeachSDGs movement and the Global Goals Project. After a little marinating time, this Fall was the perfect time to …

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