Early Childhood Brain Insights  This is one of those must read blogs for parents and educators of children ages 0-7. We have heard so much about the importance of early learning experiences. This blog references recent brain research and blogs about early learning experiences. Enjoy!...

One benefit of our E-portfolio project is that the school district has given our school twenty Ipod touch for six weeks. This morning the kinders used the Ipod for the third time. I am amazed at how savy these four and five year olds are!!! They revisited favourite apps from last week and then explored a new app for short stories. They were sitting all around the classroom engrossed with the activity. Some were reading, others listening to audio stories and still others echo reading. It is so exciting as a teacher to have tools that motivate and engage learners. I wish I had taken pictures. Perhaps next time I will use an Ipod touch to take photos or even better make a video....

Our amazing staff are collaborating to create student e-portfolios this year. My hope is that this blog will become a part of the project and provide access for families to view the kindergarten e-portfolios and share my learning journey. The E-porfolio will reflect the student's work in one area only. Because my students love Math (as do I),  we will use this curriculum area for the e-portfolio....