tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post6371059642517133945..comments2024-03-19T02:22:46.855-07:00Comments on Teacher Tom: We Were Playing YesterdayTeacher Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606781724784785338noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-66893616512447800682012-01-07T11:29:18.765-08:002012-01-07T11:29:18.765-08:00such a lovely lovely free play :)such a lovely lovely free play :)Rachelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-11416778215081547702012-01-06T15:27:39.332-08:002012-01-06T15:27:39.332-08:00Do the "colored magnetic washers" have a...Do the "colored magnetic washers" have a name I can google and hopefully purchase online? It sounds like an activity my 3 year old would really enjoy.rappin' risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986480674220876986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-53229859408135959082012-01-05T22:02:14.501-08:002012-01-05T22:02:14.501-08:00Learning through play is the very best way, isn...Learning through play is the very best way, isn't it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07874897254332872367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-63045090891222242472012-01-05T21:23:48.449-08:002012-01-05T21:23:48.449-08:00Luckily, I do think a lot of preschools have start...Luckily, I do think a lot of preschools have started "figuring it out"and at least children's first few years can be amazing and a time where they get what they are needing and wanting simultaneously. I think for a long time elementary schools were doing better then preschools or daycares at meeting children's educational needs and now it has swapped. When we know better we do better, and I'm hopeful that as this group of children in schools get older everyone will realize that this isn't the way to accomplish raising children that we want to be able to be functioning members of our society. As an adult I haven't had to "take a test" in over 10 years. I have, however, in even the last 10 minutes had to know how to compromise, how to be sympathetic, and how to communicate my feelings to someone other then myself. But who knows if I did those things will a passing grade :)Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08929175260989744777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-12520988341436391452012-01-05T21:14:36.588-08:002012-01-05T21:14:36.588-08:00I love this! I wish I lived in a place with a pres...I love this! I wish I lived in a place with a preschool like your school and a teacher like you. I am a 12th grade teacher on a leave of absence while my 2 boys are little. I taught science at a project based charter school. We never had to teach to standardized tests We were required to have our students take the California state tests and they did well even though we didn't focus on them. <br />I am deeply concerned about the continued focus on standardized tests as a measure of school 'success' and student learning. <br />I love the way you tie in preschool learning to education as a whole. It helps me to bring my 'teacher' mind into the day-to-day engagement with my own preschoolers.Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17289538576013041173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-49336763920075431592012-01-05T20:21:18.979-08:002012-01-05T20:21:18.979-08:00What has happened to play and the rest of what cor...What has happened to play and the rest of what corporate reform has done and is doing to childhood has not been inevitable. Even teachers at my school talk about how things have changed in the past 10 years, as if it were inevitable and organic. Some of the kindergarten teachers in my building have simply adjusted with sadness. Head Start has become a job of forms and kindergarten readiness, and kindergarten has become a very academic 1st grade. More and more of the drudgery of school keeps getting piled on, and too many parents, teachers, and principals have not said enough is enough.<br /><br />--SorrelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-7348719538056703992012-01-05T17:56:52.921-08:002012-01-05T17:56:52.921-08:00So awesome. I wish your school was on the eastsid...So awesome. I wish your school was on the eastside (and that I had known about it BEFORE my youngest was almost out of prechool). -Melanie (mom to 6 and 4 year old boys)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-73801907670270943552012-01-05T17:23:50.401-08:002012-01-05T17:23:50.401-08:00Never underestimate the power of qualitative data....Never underestimate the power of qualitative data. :)Sonya at The Three Bears Get Craftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11594367161178402663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-35067009213793316022012-01-05T13:49:50.458-08:002012-01-05T13:49:50.458-08:00Cool Stuffs! ;-)Cool Stuffs! ;-)chellehttp://michelle-thoughtsrantsandraves.blogspot.com/2012/01/go-dog-go.htmlnoreply@blogger.com