Maggie's Kinder Corner

For three years, #TeacherFriends have worked hard, volunteering our time to bring new teachers to Twitter. How have we done it? By seeking out top professionals in the field of education with relevant topics that inspire! From STEM/Steam, Flexible Seating, Reading and Math to Art in the Clasroom, we’ve covered a lot! Debbie Clement, Kristen Poindexter, […]

Did that get your attention? It’s getting ours! As a co-moderator of the #TeacherFriends Chat that meets every Tuesday at 9 EST on Twitter, I am extremely excited about the quality and types of prizes being sponsored by many of our business and blog friends. And here is how all of it came about: Three years ago […]

It has been a long time since I made my first tracing editable or posted about names, so here’s why I think names are so crucial to proper beginnings in school. All kinder teachers know it is important to begin with names, and we all know our students have more likely interacted with tech devices […]

Being a seasoned teacher gives many of us an advantage over first year teachers in knowing what really works in a kinder classsroom. We have had many, many trial/errors over the years.  We have found what makes our daily routines go well, and what doesn’t. In this post I want to share 5 Must Have […]

Another school year is in the books! For me, this was one of the best years ever in 30+ years of teaching. Truthfully, the year ended before I was ready to say goodbye to my wonderful group of students.  What made them so exceptional was the great mix of personalities. There were no major behavior challenges, and […]

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This has been an incredible last few weeks of school for our community.  In the midst of testing, we had the big Missouri Flood of 2017! Here is a photo of our cabin on the river under water! The other is of the cabin post flood, and the glorious sunshine after the terrible flooding.  We are so […]