books

One question that comes up on the  Kindergarten Smorgasboard Facebook page a lot is about classroom library organization.  I recently asked about classroom library organization on our Facebook page and there…

Bulletin Boards aren’t something I use very often in my classroom. For one, we have some very small boards in our classroom and those are used for student work, our…

In our classroom, we have a book display shelf that we use to display our books for a theme, unit, holiday, or month. I love displaying the books because the…

In October we hosted our 2nd Smorgasboard Of Teaching conference.  200 teachers spent a Saturday with us to learn, share, collaborate and inspire one another.  We laughed.   And cried.  We…

Happy Hump Day!  So here’s whats happening on this Wednesday… Just found out I have torn cartillage and ACL damage in my knee.  Surgery on July 17th.  First.  Surgery.  Ever.…

Happy Saturday!  I just got home from my final grad school class for my ELL certification.  No more Friday night and Saturday classes!  Just 3 assignments to complete and I…

Another day of summer break…so nice.  Am I right?!  I am up super early this morning because the CEO of The Kindergarten Smorgasboard decided we weren’t sleeping in today.  Normally…

Howdy!  Happy Friday!  But isn’t every day of summer like Friday!? I am linking up with Marie at The Hands On Teacher In First for the next chapter of Teach…

Howdy!  Well, another Monday has come and gone!!  4 more Mondays for me!!!  Again, not that I’m counting!    Today we had our annual field trip to the zoo!  I…

Happy Sunday!  It’s a rainy and windy day here in Music City!  A great day for creating mind blowing lessons for the Monsters!  I’m a teaching dork because I like…