Playopedia | Childhood 101. Blow It Up: Exploring Gas with Balloons Hands on fun exploring gas with balloons, baking soda and vinegar! Mystery Bag Monsters! Make mystery bags with treasures and trash; children create one of a kind monsters. Surprise Drawings Use a collection of shapes to inspire your child’s drawings. The Mini-Raft How to make a mini-raft anywhere, as long as you have a penknife and string! Outdoor learning environment inspiration. How to control the classroom environment. When I first started teaching, I had a rough time. I inherited a classroom full of boys, and at the risk of sounding sexist, this class was the most rough-and-tumble class that I have had up to date. Usually every class has a child or two who displays challenging behaviors. This class had seven...out of thirteen. Just thinking about it gives me chills. I used to wake up DREADING the day, and praying the class caught a case of pink-eye...or chicken pox...
Luckily for me, our preschool had enrolled in a Quality First program funded by First Things First of Arizona. Quality First hooked us up with a coach, and the coach hooked us up with another program called Smart Support. If you have never heard of the following website, please check it out! Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning I realized that the kids were never to blame...seven out of control crazies meant that I needed to breathe, roll up my sleeves, and change my outlook on classroom management. Early Years Maths. Home - Visual Thinking Strategies.