this week has disappeared!
i can’t explain what took up my afternoons and evenings, but i can explain a special thing that happened all week.
dear friends of mine came and screened all our preschoolers. this is a huge job and very time consuming. i appreciate so much the spirit in which it was done. i think the children came away feeling like they got some one on one time playing games rather than being “tested.”
thank you, thank you, thank you.
newcreationpreschool.com 
thanks, all, for asking.
the tool we used was “ages and stages questionnaire.”
it was helpful to have basic developmental information to give parents. since i don’t assess kids throughout the year, this was helpful.
take a look!
http://www.agesandstages.com/index.html
I would also like to hear about this screening. We have talked about having some vision and hearing screening done and I know that many schools around here are doing readiness screening but those feel like testing. Hope you will find time to elaborate.
Hi Kristen,
I teach 4 year old kindergarten in a public school (yes…public school) but I have say, your ideas and passion for teaching renew my spirit! I am grateful to you for giving your time, ideas, and most of all love for teaching…it is contagious!
PS: My daughter is only 6 months old and we live in Wisconsin…but I wish one day she could come to your school!
Thank you!
Hi!
I don’t even have kids yet….but I couldn’t resist adding this blog to my Google Reader account.
I love your rainbow skirt/aprons!
I love one teacher’s orange Keens (I’ve got 2 pairs!)
And most of all I love the mass amounts of colorful masking tape!
Thanks for sharing your colorful days with cute little people!
Hi Kristen,
What are they screening for–kindergarten readiness? I am just curious, because our public schools no longer screen incoming kindergartners, yet the expectations get higher every year.