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*6/10/05  Added some new literacy props for songs from Dr. Jean's new CD, "Just for Fun"

5/1/05  Updated School Events

*4/10/05  Added a new page from the National Kindergarten Alliance's first ever mini-conference, Monday Morning Magic!

*4/1/05  Updated School Events

*3/1/05  Updated School Events

*2/2/05  Updated School Events

*1/01/05  Happy New Year!  Updated School Events

*12/11/04  Updated About Mrs. Taylor; added new Book Labels page with printable book basket labels for different genres!

*11/20/04  Added new literacy props to accompany some Vincent Nunes and Raffi songs

*11/19/04  Added a new page to Classroom Visits-I had the pleasure of visiting Ms. Laurin Macleish's PreK classroom today!!

*10/20/04  We received a new award-Thanks so much!!

*10/16/04-Added a new take home bag-The Family Bag, used in conjunction with our "Family of the Week".  Added two new literacy prop sets for "Roll Over" and "Shape Monster"-also added three new literacy props for a Vincent Nunes song (more to come!)-I worked two of his sessions at the ECA of FL Conference a few weeks ago and LOVED his music!!  Added his site to the Resources page too-please check it out, there's lots of audio samples to listen to!  My favorites included:  "Peace Like a River", "Firestation", and "Lighthouse (Shine on Me)"...

*10/8/04  Just added an AWESOME new resource on my A Cause for Action page-I've had the pleasure of emailing with Caroline Vakhordjian and learning more about her grassroots movement to restore recess in her child's school-she's a tremendous advocate for children-please check her work out-www.givekidsabreak.com!!

*10/1/04  Updated School Events for October

*9/10/04  Updated School Events with rescheduled dates due to Hurricane Frances

*8/19/04  Updated my Favorite Links page; updated "Starshine" page to Heartprints; updated Professional Resources

*8/18/04  I hope to be adding lots of updates this week as we are off due to Hurricane Charley...  I hope everyone faired well and I'm sending prayers and well wishes out to all my fellow Floridians!  I added a simple "Take Home Bag Tracker" pdf to the Family Projects and Take Home Bags page-this is what I use to track the bags as they circulate; Updated School Events

*7/10/04  Added some new classroom sites to my Favorite Links page; also check out a wonderful teacher workshop at Sea World from CFAEYC

*7/5/04  Added some new literacy props to go with Jack Hartmann songs

*7/2/04  Just added pictures and ideas from Dr. Becky Bailey's weeklong Conscious Discipline I Institute.  Also added another Author label...

*6/19/04  Updated Literacy page with printable color "Author Book Baskets" labels-you can print them and use them to label your book baskets-16 featured authors!  I hope to add more labels this weekend...

*6/13/04  Updated Literacy Props with some new props to go with various Dr. Jean songs-my summer goal is to create as many as I can to go with my favorite Dr. Jean and Jack Hartmann songs...  And still adding MIDI's!

*6/4/04  HAPPY SUMMER!!  I am in the process of dividing the site into two "subsites"-one for my upcoming school year and one for teacher resources.  I will be co-teaching next year and figured that would be the best way to keep the current material on and make room for some new stuff!  I've been adding MIDI's to pages too.  I also hope to add LOTS more literacy and song props.  I plan to have most of it sorted out this month-your patience is much appreciated!! 

*5/20/04  Updated Favorite Links page

*5/8/04  Updated Kid Links page;  Please visit the Central Florida Assocation for the Education of Young Children's new site:  www.cfaeyc.org

 *4/24/04  Updated Favorite Links page with 2 new links; updated Why We Teach with new Teacher's Prayer; we received a new Award!

*4/17/04  Added a new classroom visit page-Mrs. Amy Pylant's PreK Classroom

*3/30/04  Added a new classroom visit page-Mrs. Barbara Brubrick's Kindergarten Classroom- and updated first classroom visit page with new pictures

*3/25/04  Added some new classroom links to my Favorite Links page

*3/20/04  Gave the home page a little "face lift"-Helena from Graphic Garden just updated one of the sets I had previously bought-she gives wonderful service and is so talented...  Her website is the absolute best for graphics!!! 

*3/18/04  Added 4 new literacy prop sets to accompany some of Dr. Jean's songs
**Happy Birthday Dr. Becky Bailey!!!!**

*3/6/04  Added a "Dr. Jean Page" with photos and ideas from her workshop for the Central Florida Association for the Education of Young Children-I love Dr. Jean!!  Also added two new literacy props-a workmat to go along with Dr. Jean's "Who Let the Letters Out?" and a word family house.

*2/7/04  Updated A Cause for Action with a new link to the Florida Coalition for Assessment Reform-look there for info on their February 14th Conference "Truth in Testing" at the Orlando Public Library!!

*1/30/04  Updated School Events and added a GREAT article to the A Cause for Action page-scroll down to the bottom...

*1/25/04  New Page Added!!  We have a beautiful new school family quilt-see it and learn more about it on Our Quilt Page.  Also, updated Great Books with some new titles AND added links to all books listed.  If you see something you're interested in, just click on it and it brings you directly to the publisher.  I didn't have time to do links directly to the books so you'll have to search for the title from there...  Still working on two more Take Home Bags!

*1/17/04  I'm in the process of reformatting the PDF's for some of the Project letters-I realized that Adobe writes them backwards when they're created in PrintMaster form so I'm transferring them to Word format.  Please email me if you notice one that needs fixin'!  Thanks for your patience!  Updated some of the Take Home Projects-hope to add 2 more bags soon!

*1/10/04  Added 4 new links to Mrs. Taylor's Favorite Classroom Sites

*1/1/04  Happy New Year!  Updated A Cause for Action with a few new quotes and new book titles to check out!

*12/27/03  Added new titles to Great Books (I hope to add more over the break!)

*12/21/03  Updated A Cause for Action  with two new links and School Events for January 2004

*12/8/03  We received a new award from Global Schoolhouse!


*11/30/03  Updated School Events & added Family Letters to the Environmental Print Page; also added a link to Family Links and Mrs. Taylor's Favorite Classroom Sites where you can view video clips of Dr. Becky Bailey in action!! 

*11/28/03  Updated Great Books Page

*11/23/03  Updated New Environmental Print Page


 

 

 


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