La Casa Grande Bilingual Academy

This post isn't about my students or my preschool or even me as a teacher. This post comes from me as a Mommy. With my daughter's...

My in-home Preschool is located in Central Arizona where I assure you it does not snow. Or maybe it did that one year for 23.4 seconds at...

One of my favorite ways to prepare a lesson plan is to use a book as the theme. The Very Hungry Caterpillar has several dimensions to teach!

One of my main objectives as a Preschool Teacher is to prepare my students for Kindergarten. This takes on many forms. Some children may...

At La Casa Grande Bilingual Academy this is arguably our favorite month of the year! I wanted to make sure we celebrated it largely and...

If you are working with young children, have young children, spend any time at all with young children, giving them choices can be...

Here is a little snippet of what Circle Time can look like at La Casa Grande Bilingual Academy. Obviously when I sent the camera to...

SING..... Sing a Song..... Sing out Loud! Sing Out StroOOOOONG!!!!!! You have probably heard this song before. I didn't even grow up in...

At my 4 hour morning-only Preschool, I usually schedule approximately 45 minutes of indoor free choice right after snack time. I say...

Fred Rogers was the creator of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and hosted all 895 episodes. The very last episode aired on August 31, 2001....

Children are naturally creative. While creativity takes many forms in childhood and frankly throughout all of life, we have to recognize...

Children do not need to be taught to use their imaginations. But in 2021 some children might need to be reminded it's OK to use them....

The book is very clear that the buckets we all carry around are invisible I thought it would be fun if we would all make our own buckets.

I don’t know about you but I grew up with a very limited vocabulary regarding my emotions in early childhood. I knew the words; "happy",...

A question I frequently receive when describing my In-Home Preschool is "What is play based?" Sometimes I wonder if people have an image...

Join me on a quick tour of my Early Childhood Learning Environment. That's fancy adult-speak for a super fun place I have created in my...

As a general rule I don’t usually condone a lot of screen time for littles and YouTube downright scares me in the hands of children!...