Preparing for a New School Year

Summer vacation is over in my neck of the woods and school starts on Monday.  Aside from preparing my classroom and school for all of our preschoolers and kindergartners, I am also preparing my son for his first day of preschool.  He will be going with me to school this …

The Project Approach In Action: The Butterfly Project

What is a butterfly? How do they fly? How many kinds of butterflies are there? Have you ever seen a real butterfly? What do butterflies eat? How do caterpillars change into butterflies? Why do butterflies have scales? These are some of the questions my four and five year old students …