This website was founded by Angela Watson, a former teacher, an educational consultant, and author of several educational books such as The Cornerstone: Classroom Management that Makes Teaching More Effective, Efficient, and Enjoyable and Awakened: Change Your Mindset to Transform Your Teaching.
With resources primarily for teachers of kindergarten-6th grade, the website addresses an extensive amount of topics including behavior management, classroom organization and arrangement, family outreach, professional development, and many other topics. Watson also has a small section geared towards early childhood professionals. She mentions that many of the resources available on the website can be easily adapted for preschool.
The website is visually appealing as it contains many pictures and visuals in order to make the content more applicable. The organization and structure of the website makes it easy to navigate.
Although the majority of printables available on the website are not free, each month Watson selects several printables available at no fee. For example, among the December freebies is a recipe handout to make reindeer food and an alphabetical order game featuring holiday objects.
One of my favorite areas of this website is the classroom tour section. This page contains detailed pictures and explanations of a real classrooms arrangement and organization. Another unique topic offered on this website is a section about God's place in the classroom. This page includes teacher devotionals, an article on religious rights regarding education, and an encouraging article for Christian teachers.
It is also important to note that this website does not seem to take any particular stance regarding education methodology.
Excellent blog!! Websites are fantastic and have very useful information to use in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteGreat sites! I love the prekinders site, I have visited that site often. I also really like the busy teachers cafe, and how clean and organized it is. I have never seen that site before, and think there are some great things there. Thanks for sharing!
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