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155. Why Parent Communication Breaks Down
Episode 155
Strong family partnerships do not fall apart because of one bad conversation. They fall apart because expectations were never clearly set in the firs…
1 day, 12 hours ago
154. Is Kindergarten Still Developmentally Appropriate? What the Research Says w/ Kate @evidencebasedkate
Episode 154
Kindergarten has changed, and if you’ve ever wondered whether the expectations we’re placing on our youngest learners are actually developmentally ap…
1 week, 1 day ago
153. No Letter or Number Knowledge What Now
Episode 153
If a student has come to you with little to no letter or number knowledge and your first instinct is to panic, this episode is here to help you take …
2 weeks, 1 day ago
152. How I Teach Foundational Skills
Episode 152
If you have been wondering what small group instruction actually looks like in a real kindergarten classroom, not the idealized version, but the prac…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
151. Mistakes in Teaching Letters and Numbers
Episode 151
Sometimes students are not struggling because something is wrong. Sometimes it’s how the material is being taught, or because a curriculum is moving …
4 weeks, 1 day ago
150. Why Students Fall Behind Early
Episode 150
Kindergarten teachers know that kids arrive with wildly different backgrounds and levels of readiness, and it can be hard to know what to do when a s…
1 month ago
149. Fixing a Classroom With No Routines
Episode 149
If you are a few weeks into school and your classroom already feels chaotic, or if routines you taught at the start of the year have slowly fallen ap…
1 month, 1 week ago
148. How I Launch Math and Literacy Centers
Episode 148
Independent centers do not just happen because you set out the materials and hope for the best. They happen because you took the time to launch them …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
147. 5 Routine Mistakes That Cause Year-Long Chaos
Episode 147
Classroom chaos rarely comes out of nowhere. Most of the time it can be traced back to specific mistakes made in the first weeks of school when routi…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
146. Why Your Routines Aren’t Working Yet
Episode 146
If you have taught a routine, practiced it, and still feel like it is just not sticking, there are a few things that could be happening. Routines in …
2 months ago