Hi All,
I'm in need of some input. I'm new to kindergarten and am having a few
questions about my practice. I've been getting lots of questions about why I'm
not running a 'theme-based' program in kindergarten (e.g. apples in September,
harvest/pumpkins in
October...). I basically believe tha
I think it entirely possible and very appropriate to do both. While I am no
fan of the look alike art or the decorations that are merely decorations, I
think teaching through themes makes sense. A piece of interactive writing
about pumpkins that is trimmed with small pumpkins the children have
act
Hi Michele,
I wish someone would come into the kindergarten where I work and ask
the same question, since there is so little coherence.
The benefit of teaching thematically is that it helps children make
connections and can assist in saving time because you do more than one
thing at a time.
Does anyone teach a half day kindergarten and use the balanced literacy
approach. I am interested in how reading and writing workshop is scheduled.
Maxine
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Michele,
Perhaps the questions is not "why aren't you teaching through themes?" But,
"what are your themes, because they aren't visible to us." If you are
weaving the strategies throughout your curriculum, then they are serving as
themes.
They just aren't familiar to parents or perhaps ev
