Debra Honegger

Debra Honegger

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ELA and EC Instructional Coach Lots more ideas on my website: http://journeyintoearlychildhood.com
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Journey Into Early Childhood
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Journey Into Early Childhood
Inspiring Environments for PreK and K
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Inspiring Environments for PreK and K / Children are miracles... We must remember it is our job; To create, with reverence and gratitude, a space that is worthy of a miracle. -Anita Rui Olds
Process Art Experiences
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Process Art Experiences / Children's creative functioning emphasizes a process orientation. The emphasis is on the making and doing rather than on completing a project. Focusing on the process provides the means for children to express themselves.- Art and Development for Young Children, Schirrmacher 2002
Process Art: Painting: Open ended experiences
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Process Art: Painting: Open ended experiences / Open ended experiences help children connect what they learn to the world around them. Talking with children about what they see and experience, reading to them, and providing opportunities for them to observe the world in new ways are activities teachers can offer to broaden learning and help children make new connections and then guiding them to demonstrate some of these new connections through art. - Children as Ilustrators, Thompson 2005
Dramatic Play
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Dramatic Play / If problem solving, communication, collaboration, innovation and creative thinking are to remain part of our legacy as a species, then play must be restored to its rightful place at the heart of childhood. - Alliance for Childhood
Documentation
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Documentation
Discovery Center
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Discovery Center / Young children are natural investigators. They are curious about how things work and what will happen next (Gronlund, 2006; Mantzicopolous, Patrick & Samarapungavan, 2008). During the early years, learning to engage in the process of scientific thinking, gaining understanding, and making connections are more important than learning scientific facts.
Light and Shadow Exploration
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Light and Shadow Exploration
Loose Parts and Natural Elements
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Loose Parts and Natural Elements
Construction
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Construction / Studies dating from 1940's continue to indicate that blocks and building materials help children improve math, social, and language acquisition skills. "The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery." - Mark Vandoren
Sensory Table Ideas
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Sensory Table Ideas / Here's to the kids who are different, The kids who don't always get A's... Here's to the kids who are different, The kids they call crazy or dumb, The kids who don't fit, with the guts and the grit, Who dance to a different drum ... Here's to the kids who are different, The kids with the mischievous streak, For when they have grown, as history's shown, It's their difference that makes them unique.
Tinkering Center
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Tinkering Center
PreK
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PreK / When an appropriate stimulating, healthy setting is created, children's urge to make sense of their world propels their own learning. - Chip Wood, A Time to Teach, A Time to Learn: Changing the Pace of School
PreK and K ABC ideas to Share
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PreK and K ABC ideas to Share / We remember things as a whole. Therefore, children need to be exposed to all the letters through songs, books and hands on opportunities. The more connections children make between the multiple understandings required to read, the faster they will learn. (summary from multiple sources including information from Dr. Jean and from http://www.pre-kpages.com/lotw/)
PreK and K Literacy
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PreK and K Literacy / shared reading, shared writing, storytelling, writing center
environmental print ideas
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environmental print ideas / "Reading was the most valuable gift I ever received. When I would be lonely for my mother, I would read the labels in my grandmother's store. I would be carried off to the faraway places on the labels." - Maya Angelou
Math everyday
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Math everyday / “Curriculum goals must be both challenging and achievable for all children . . . one size does not fit all. Children will learn best if curriculum content connects with what they already know and have experienced, while introducing them to important new ideas and skills” (Hyson 2000, 61).
Fine Motor Activities
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Fine Motor Activities / Fine motor experiences should be presented as a natural part of play: " Knowledge arises neither from objects nor the child, but from interactions between the child and those objects." - Jean Piaget According to Piaget and Vygotsky, play allows children to advance cognitive and creative development and to practice and demonstrate their competencies and acquired skills in a relaxed environment.
K and 1st grade ideas to share
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K and 1st grade ideas to share / “Curriculum goals must be both challenging and achievable for all children . . . one size does not fit all. Children will learn best if curriculum content connects with what they already know and have experienced, while introducing them to important new ideas and skills” (Hyson 2000, 61).
Quotes and Information etc. about Kids
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Quotes and Information etc. about Kids / "The child is made of one hundred. The child has a hundred languages, a hundread hands, a hundred thoughts, a hundred ways of thinking, of playing, of speaking... a hundred joys for singing and understanding... a hundred worlds to dream. -Loris Malaguzzi
Honoring the Kids
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Honoring the Kids / Everything you say to a child is catalogued, remembered and absorbed. Honor each child for their individuality and build on those strengths.
STEM
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STEM
Close Reading
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Close Reading
Turn and Talk
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Turn and Talk
Shared Reading
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Shared Reading
outdoor play
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outdoor play
Literacy
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Literacy
Card Designs
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Card Designs
Crafts to try
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Crafts to try
Sweets
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Sweets
Great Gifts
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Great Gifts / "We see the child, every child, as a gifted child for whom there has to be a gifted teacher." - Loris Malaguzzi Lots of great thank you gifts for our gifted teachers and other small handmade gifts as well
FAMILY
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FAMILY
Home Sweet Home
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Home Sweet Home
Fun Food
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Fun Food
Healthly Mind and Body
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Healthly Mind and Body
Christmas Joy
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Christmas Joy
Easter
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Easter
Paige's Wedding: some day.(long way away)
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Paige's Wedding: some day.(long way away)
Healthy Eating
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Healthy Eating
Newest Family Member
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Newest Family Member
Graduation Party
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Graduation Party / almost there!!
High School
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High School
Crock Pot Cooking
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Crock Pot Cooking
Salads
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Salads
Oils
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Oils
Whole 30
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Whole 30
Songs for Transitions
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Songs for Transitions
DISNEY
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DISNEY
More ideas from Debra
Using rocks for hopes and dreams! What a wonderful idea from Kindie Korner. l Reggio Inspired

Using rocks for hopes and dreams! What a wonderful idea from Kindie Korner. l Reggio Inspired

We are officially a month into the new weight watcher freestyle program so I thought it would be a good…

We are officially a month into the new weight watcher freestyle program so I thought it would be a good…

Reggio overhead projector play ideas. How to use an OHP in activities for art, creativity, education, learning, exploration, imagination, homeschooling.
Better Than Take-Out Fried Rice | weight watchers cooking

Better Than Take-Out Fried Rice | weight watchers cooking

Managing Big Emotions: Printable Emotions Cards and Matching Game. Great for use with children of all ages at home or school.

Managing Big Emotions: Printable Emotions Cards and Matching Game. Great for use with children of all ages at home or school.

oil and watercolors on overhead projector - as seen by member Katelyn Moon in The Ultimate Light Table Guide Facebook group
Reflection/shadow play using natural materials. Nido La Casa Amarilla
This One Point Cheesecake is delicious and creamy and just one point per slice. Only 4 points for the entire cake on the Weight Watchers Freestyle plan. You can add a fresh strawberry topping for no additional points. Wonderful low point dessert!

This One Point Cheesecake is delicious and creamy and just one point per slice. Only 4 points for the entire cake on the Weight Watchers Freestyle plan. You can add a fresh strawberry topping for no additional points. Wonderful low point dessert!

Teach Your Kids A Better Way to Say Sorry...You Won't Be Sorry!, poster on how to say you are sorry, apologize

Teach Your Kids A Better Way to Say Sorry...You Won't Be Sorry!, poster on how to say you are sorry, apologize

Light and shadows! Reggio inspired!

Light and shadows! Reggio inspired!

Design Wall with felt: Bold Expressions at BAM
Flower shop or florist dramatic play center | set up a flower shop in your role-play area | Posters, signs, labels and printables | imaginative play ideas for Prep, Foundation, Kindergarten, Preschool and homeschool | early reading and writing | printables for Australian teachers | early years classroom | play-based, age-appropriate pedagogies | play ideas for toddlers and kindy kids |

Flower shop or florist dramatic play center | set up a flower shop in your role-play area | Posters, signs, labels and printables | imaginative play ideas for Prep, Foundation, Kindergarten, Preschool and homeschool | early reading and writing | printables for Australian teachers | early years classroom | play-based, age-appropriate pedagogies | play ideas for toddlers and kindy kids |

Yarn cutting to develop fine motor skills
Weight Watchers pigs in blankets are only 3 Freestyle SmartPoints each and use the amazing 2 ingredient dough. These are easy to make and one of my favorite Weight Watchers recipes!

Weight Watchers pigs in blankets are only 3 Freestyle SmartPoints each and use the amazing 2 ingredient dough. These are easy to make and one of my favorite Weight Watchers recipes!