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The Highs and Lows of the Preschool Profession

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@upsydaisy Jul 24, 2018, 6:29 PM UTC

An American Goes Costa Rican Part Two - Touristy Adventures

No trip to another country can be complete without touristy adventures! On our recent trip to Costa Rica, we made sure to hit all the hot spots near the little town of Dominical where we were staying…

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@upsydaisy Jul 18, 2018, 2:59 PM UTC

An American Goes Costa Rican Part One - The Road to Dominical

Every few years, my little family takes a big vacation. Usually, we take road trips. The United States is a VERY big place, and going to Texas can seem like a foreign country. The people, clothing, a…

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@upsydaisy Jul 10, 2018, 3:43 PM UTC

Steemiteducation Homework: Why did I decide to become a teacher? It's a long, short story...

Hello Steemians! I never really introduced myself on this site, so let me take this #steemiteducation opportunity to #introduceyourself, and tell you why I became a teacher! My parents never believed…

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@upsydaisy Jul 2, 2018, 3:51 PM UTC

Fun Books with Lasting Impressions for Preschool - My Steemiteducation Homework

This week's @steemiteducation homework: Which book would you prescribe to your students to read and why would it make an impression on them. As you know my fellow Steemians, I TEACH PRESCHOOL. These…

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@upsydaisy Jun 25, 2018, 3:23 AM UTC

A quick grocery lesson from Costa Rica

Just got back from a trip to Costa Rica! As I gather photos and stories to share, here's a funny tale from the Super Mercado... My mission is to find milk and juice. I'm an American, so if anything e…

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@upsydaisy Jun 13, 2018, 3:16 PM UTC

Party Time with Glitter! - A Preschool Story

Teaching is teaching, whether it be 10 kids or 32, the pythagorean theorem or number recognition, college all the way down to preschool. I am a preschool teacher who must defend herself often. Some f…

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@upsydaisy Jun 8, 2018, 3:52 PM UTC

Celebrating Diversity in Preschool - The Power of Pink

I'm in a sour mood, Steemians. I don't feel like writing, but I've got a bug in my bonnet that I need to locate, retract and smash, i.e., something is occurring in preschool and I need to write. So I…

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@upsydaisy Jun 4, 2018, 10:53 PM UTC

Kindergarten, Here We Come! Are you Ready?

As an early childhood teacher in America, my job is to get children ready for big kid school. In my corner of the country, preschool is for 3 to 4-year-old children. Here, we teach the skills for the…

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@upsydaisy May 25, 2018, 2:58 AM UTC

Steemiteducation Homework: Least favorite subject to the lessons of which I am most passionate!

At my preschool, we don't have subjects, but we do have six domains to cover. These include cognitive, language, physical, literacy, mathematics, and social-emotional. My least favorite of the six is…

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@upsydaisy May 16, 2018, 1:27 AM UTC

Fruity, Fabulous Lesson Plan on Adjectives

While student teaching, I wrote a lesson plan for first grade, English language learners to enhance their writing using descriptive, juicy adjectives. The lesson contains a large and small group, alo…

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