https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/and-please-know-i-do-love-you.html?showComment=1322424519450
Teacher Tom: And Please Know, I Do Love You
The difference between my neuroses and everyone else's is that mine make sense. ~Teacher Tom I know I'm a jerk. I wish I ...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2023/01/nothing-will-change-until-we-have-dream.html
Teacher Tom: Nothing Will Change Until We Have a Dream
And one day we must ask the question, "Why are there forty million poor people in America?" And when you begin to ask that q...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/06/no-way-hundred-is-there.html?m=0
Teacher Tom: "No Way. The Hundred is There"
"The material world is a language for a child," says Roberta Pucci, atelierista, art therapist, founder of Roberta Pucci Lab...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/
Teacher Tom: October 2011
Teaching and learning from preschoolers
teacher tomoctober
https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2018/01/like-wed-never-been-apart.html?m=0
Teacher Tom: Like We'd Never Been Apart
A couple weeks before the holiday break, one of our two-year-olds found both of our swings occupied. After a couple mi...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/we-did-teamwork-and-pumped-water.html?showComment=1268147884656&m=0
Teacher Tom: "We Did Teamwork And Pumped The Water"
The Pre-3 class got their first crack at our new playground yesterday. The sand pit was easily the biggest draw, and not just at the begi...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/05/co-viewing-media-with-toddlers.html
Teacher Tom: Being With Our Toddlers as They Explore the World
Growing up, television was still a relatively new thing, at least around our house. The only reason we came to understand th...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/theres-no-stopping-cast-iron-pump.html
Teacher Tom: There's No Stopping The Cast Iron Pump
Not a day goes by that our cast iron pump doesn't get used, and typically it gets used a lot. It's finally found a permanent home in the c...
teacher tomno stoppingthe castironpump
https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/corks-tongs-and-walls.html?showComment=1337115343587&m=0
Teacher Tom: Corks, Tongs, And Walls
Last month, I shared with you about a sensory table concept that was inspired by tomsensori's terrific blog Sand And Water Tables . Since ...
teacher tomcorkstongswalls
https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/i-can-do-anything-good.html?showComment=1274712153275
Teacher Tom: "I Can Do Anything Good"
From the time our daughter Josephine was a baby, I've made a habit of stopping in front of mirrors to say, "I am sooo handsome." Like The Fo...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-mind-of-non-discrimination.html
Teacher Tom: The Mind Of Non-Discrimination
"We know that when we look into our cells as a human being, we see that the human being is only made of non-human eleme...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2025/07/
Teacher Tom: July 2025
Teaching and learning from preschoolers
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2017/07/?m=0
Teacher Tom: July 2017
Teaching and learning from preschoolers
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-fundamental-freedom.html
Teacher Tom: The Fundamental Freedom
I once taught a girl named Laura who would sit with the rest of us on the rug during circle time, but when she spoke, she po...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/keep-spreading-word.html?showComment=1271634689594
Teacher Tom: Keep Spreading The Word!
O ne of the fine lines I try to walk as a teacher is the balancing act between teaching children the way I know they ought to be taught and ...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2015/03/you-want-mommy-to-come-back.html?m=0
Teacher Tom: "You Want Mommy To Come Back"
Sometimes mommy has to leave and you don't want her to leave. When I started teaching, I was a distractor. In fa...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/we-did-it.html
Teacher Tom: "We Did It"
Last month I mentioned a small, hearty plant that had gr...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/then-well-play-with-something-else.html?showComment=1266091230510
Teacher Tom: Then We'll Play With Something Else
I don't recall where I acquired this toy, but I've owned it as long as I can remember. I spent a good chunk of my youth in South Carolina ...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2014/11/flooding-playhouse.html
Teacher Tom: Flooding The Playhouse
Earlier this week , I wrote about the incredible ongoing ...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/it-seems-to-be-working-out-perfectly.html?m=1
Teacher Tom: It Seems To Be Working Out Perfectly
One of the ways I've come to use this blog as a teacher is as part of my reflective practice . I take a few photos during the day, sometime...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2015/03/how-children-make-world-meaningful.html
Teacher Tom: How Children Make The World Meaningful
"Help! I've fallen!" "Don't worry, dear, I'll help you!" "I can't reach, dear!" "Oh dear, let me reach farthe...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2025/05/?m=1
Teacher Tom: May 2025
Teaching and learning from preschoolers
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/rest-of-it-was-beautiful.html?showComment=1276226930930
Teacher Tom: The Rest Of It Was Beautiful
One of the big reasons we wanted to run an experimental indoor-outdoor summer program at Woodland Park was to figure out what we would do wh...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-worst-idea-weve-ever-had.html?m=0
Teacher Tom: The Worst Idea We've Ever Had
As a species, we humans have certainly had our moments. The domestication of dogs, for one. I mean, we literally created lov...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/and-then-she-was-done.html?showComment=1312477188594
Teacher Tom: And Then She Was Done
It's the kind of thing that happens in preschool, especially one like ours where we sometimes use 4-foot ...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-massive-battle-of-ages.html?m=0
Teacher Tom: A Massive Battle For The Ages
I was once engaged in a massive battle for the ages, pitting my powers against those of a five-year-old boy. It began when h...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/08/there-is-very-little-we-can-teach-other.html?m=0
Teacher Tom: There Is Very Little We Can Teach Other People
I've been trying to teach other people about the importance of wearing protective masks during this pandemic. I've tried re...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/free-schools.html?showComment=1303229351964&m=0
Teacher Tom: Free Schools
What is meant by non-interference of the school in learning? . . . (It means) granting students the full freedom to avail themselves of tea...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/08/product-process-play-and-permission.html
Teacher Tom: Product, Process, Play, And Permission
I make art in flurries. You can see some of it by clicking here and scrolling down . I've even had a collection of my art on...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2015/10/why-are-we-afraid-of-children-playing.html
Teacher Tom: Why Are We Afraid Of Children Playing?
Geysir, sometimes known as the Great Geysir, is a geyser in southwest Iceland. It was the first one known to Eu...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/then-he-weared-whale-as-his-hat.html?showComment=1274639416643&m=0
Teacher Tom: "Then He Weared The Whale As His Hat"
I worked as a writer for many more years than I have as a teacher. One of the most important lessons I've learned about writing is that if ...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/policy-of-inclusion.html
Teacher Tom: The Policy Of Inclusion
Our parent educator and I have had an ongoing, friendly and public, dispute over class size for the past couple years. She wants us down to ...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/
Teacher Tom: March 2014
Teaching and learning from preschoolers
teacher tommarch
https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/both-excited-and-humbled.html?showComment=1271193215825
Teacher Tom: Both Excited And Humbled
For better or worse, at least for the time during which they come to our school, I am a significant influence in the lives of children, and ...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/more-later-owain.html?showComment=1269732437320&m=0
Teacher Tom: "More later, Owain"
Last summer I was writing about the challenges and importance of teaching the preschool rule You Can't Say You Can't Play, and shared this ...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-problem-with-hard-work-grit-and.html
Teacher Tom: The Problem With "Hard Work," "Grit," and "Rigor"
I'm currently reading neuroscientist Antonio Damasio's book Self Come to Mind and came across this fascinating observation:...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/
Teacher Tom: December 2025
Teaching and learning from preschoolers
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/who-we-are.html
Teacher Tom: Who We Are
I'm familiar with the best known pedagogical approaches out there, not expert, but at least reaso...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2015/06/confronting-our-feelings.html
Teacher Tom: Confronting Our Feelings
Confronting our feelings and giving them appropriate expression always takes strength, not weakness. It takes strengt...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-civil-rights-issue-of-our-time.html
Teacher Tom: The Civil Rights Issue Of Our Time
I'm going to finish the week with one more post on educ...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/hitting.html?showComment=1315617140463&m=0
Teacher Tom: Hitting
One of my earliest memories is of tackling a boy in diapers and holding him immobile while he ...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2014/04/
Teacher Tom: April 2014
Teaching and learning from preschoolers
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/dump-it-dump-it-dump-it.html?showComment=1271258045725
Teacher Tom: "Dump It! Dump It! Dump It!"
Almost every day now, I'm hauling more of our "indoor toys" into our outdoor classroom . This week it has been our PVC pipe collection. Seve...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2016/12/
Teacher Tom: December 2016
Teaching and learning from preschoolers
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/where-would-i-be-today.html
Teacher Tom: Where Would I Be Today?
Every teacher I had from kindergarten through about third grade tried to change the way I held my pencil. I'd try their way for a couple of...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2018/08/solidarity.html
Teacher Tom: Solidarity!
Last week, Seattle's teachers voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike should their efforts to negotiate a new con...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/get-off.html?m=0
Teacher Tom: "Get Off!"
A week or so ago, I posted about how the kids made a teeter totter that turned into a kind of balance beam. The older kids foun...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2025/01/following-treasure-map.html?m=1
Teacher Tom: Following a Treasure Map
One of the children, probably inspired by a movie, used a stick to draw a "treasure map" in the sand pit. Other children gat...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/12/play-is-greatest-threat-to-status-quo.html
Teacher Tom: Play Is The Greatest Threat To The Status Quo
"Adolescence" was invented in the mid-1800's by the warlike Prussian nation. They had just suffered a humiliating military d...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2014/04/jesse-hagopian-for-president.html?m=0
Teacher Tom: Jesse Hagopian For President!
The entire Muskegon Heights, Michigan public school system is run by a for-profit "e...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2023/05/
Teacher Tom: May 2023
Teaching and learning from preschoolers
teacher tommay
https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/then-well-play-with-something-else.html?showComment=1266082518666
Teacher Tom: Then We'll Play With Something Else
I don't recall where I acquired this toy, but I've owned it as long as I can remember. I spent a good chunk of my youth in South Carolina ...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/connection-or-community-or-gratitude-or.html?showComment=1286040499075
Teacher Tom: Connection Or Community Or Gratitude Or Love
I'm always caught flat-footed at the beginning of each school year when the first virus comes to visit our preschool. This year, it arrived...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2014/07/criminalizing-parenthood.html
Teacher Tom: Criminalizing Parenthood
This is how I understand this story : a single South Carolina mom named Debra Harrell wi...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2017/02/i-brought-candy-for-kids.html
Teacher Tom: "I Brought Candy For The Kids!"
Our playground is built on a long slope along the side of the Fremont Baptist Church from whom we lease our space. The ...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/making-forest-house.html?showComment=1280411070759
Teacher Tom: Making A Forest House
Too often people treat the word "teach" as a synonym for "instruct." They are two entirely different things. The best days as a teacher are...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2018/08/a-misuse-of-imagination.html?m=0
Teacher Tom: A Misuse Of Imagination
When I first started teaching, I spent a lot of time worrying, not about anything in particular, or rather, about eve...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/maybe-when-you-grow-up.html?showComment=1323643478210
Teacher Tom: "Maybe When You Grow Up!"
It's nice having princesses in the classroom again. Last year our 3-5 class was virtually prince...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/09/now-im-ready-for-my-ice-cream.html?m=0
Teacher Tom: "Now I'm Ready For My Ice Cream"
The two-year-old said to me, "If you eat this food you can have some ice cream." She placed a plate in front of me on which ...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/doing-it-our-way.html?showComment=1292540911557
Teacher Tom: Doing It Our Way
This is very cool! Thank you for voting for my little labor of love! For a full list of winner click here . I am excited for myself, of c...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2019/10/?m=0
Teacher Tom: October 2019
Teaching and learning from preschoolers
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/so-much-greed.html?showComment=1330551789136
Teacher Tom: So Much Greed
Unless someone like you . . . cares a whole awful lot . . . nothing is going to get better . . ....
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2020/08/sitting-facing-forward-while-muted.html?m=0
Teacher Tom: Sitting, Facing Forward, While Muted
As most American schools gear up to start their school year engaged in what is being called "remote learning," educators and...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/im-48-year-old-man-today.html?showComment=1266716857414
Teacher Tom: I'm a 48-Year-Old Man Today
Preschoolers love to imagine what they'll be when they grow-up, a firefighter, a princess, but they don't give off the strong hurry up vibe...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/now-fun-begins.html
Teacher Tom: Now The Fun Begins!
And now the fun part begins. Now that our final week of school is behind us, the Woodland Park community now turns its attentions t...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/cooperative-nuts-and-bolts-some-co-op.html?m=0
Teacher Tom: Cooperative Nuts And Bolts: Some Co-op Realities
I've been receiving a lot of questions lately about cooperative preschools, how to start one, and...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/pre-k-play-iconic-archetypal.html
Teacher Tom: The Pre-K Play: Iconic, Archetypal, Foundational Literature
In January, after our December holiday break, I challenge...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/its-just-life-itself.html
Teacher Tom: It's Just Life Itself
Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. ~John Dewey For those of you who are unawa...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/vote-for-me-with-volcano-painting.html?showComment=1323257538033
Teacher Tom: Vote For Me (With Volcano Painting)!
I've spent the last 24 hours trying to figure out how to do this, and I think my best bet is to show you pictures of a cool idea...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2025/07/play-like-love-is-always-in-eye-of.html?m=0
Teacher Tom: Play, Like Love, Is Always in the Eye of the Beholder
You'd think that people would've had enough of silly love songs But I look around me and I see it isn't so Some people want ...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/weve-invented-new-toy.html
Teacher Tom: We've Invented A New Toy!
We made a discovery down at the old cooperative preschool this week. As part of last week's mag...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/seattle-teachers-stand-up-for-children.html?showComment=1283696940762
Teacher Tom: Seattle Teachers Stand Up For Children!
On Thursday, the Seattle Teacher's Union, fighting back against the rising tide of high stakes testing and academic standardization that is ...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/08/if-our-goal-is-to-help-our-fellow-humans.html
Teacher Tom: If Our Goal Is To Help Our Fellow Humans
I arrived home from walking the dog, to find police cars, fire trucks, and an ambulance filling the city block just below my...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2024/08/joy-is-emotion-of-growth.html
Teacher Tom: Joy is the Emotion of Growth
We never had a teeter totter (i.e., seesaw) on our playground, but the children often made their own, usually by pivoting a ...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/let-them-teach-themselves.html
Teacher Tom: Let Them Teach Themselves
I've always known that children like mixing things up, of course, they do it any chance they get. I was forever coming up with ways to invo...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/remember-that-time-you-were-really.html?showComment=1273074190108
Teacher Tom: "You Take A Risk When You Go Anyplace"
"Remember that time you were really careful and nothing happened?" --Unknown I'm pretty sure that City Museum in St. Louis is the one of th...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2023/03/we-must-find-way.html
Teacher Tom: We Must Find A Way
We must find a way to make wrong things right, hand in hand, together. Living in a Rainbowland Where everything goes as plan...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/corks-tongs-and-walls.html?showComment=1302614933794
Teacher Tom: Corks, Tongs, And Walls
Last month, I shared with you about a sensory table concept that was inspired by tomsensori's terrific blog Sand And Water Tables . Since ...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/pulleys.html
Teacher Tom: Pulleys!
When I first started teaching at Woodland Park one of my initial disappointments with our facility was that we didn't have an acoustic tile...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-primary-purpose-is-to-care-for.html?m=0
Teacher Tom: The Primary Purpose Is To Care For The Children
I was recently talking with the person responsible for hiring educators for a large regional chain of preschools. Altogether...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/this-place-was-just-slab-of-asphalt.html?showComment=1305074460523
Teacher Tom: This Place Was Just A Slab Of Asphalt
It's hard to believe that it's been only a little over a year since we transformed our outdoor space from a slab of asphalt and pit ...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/everything-you-need-to-know-about.html
Teacher Tom: Everything You Need To Know About Common Core
I've been writing a lot lately about the scourge of hig...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/heartbreak-is-part-of-both-friendship.html
Teacher Tom: Heartbreak is Part of Both Friendship and Freedom
I came across an interesting tidbit of language information the other day. The English word free comes from the same root a...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-most-natural-thing-in-world.html
Teacher Tom: The Most Natural Thing In The World
Learning is the most natural thing in the world. It's an irrepressible part of being alive. From the moment we come int...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/morning-at-ballet.html?showComment=1298890066400
Teacher Tom: A Morning At The Ballet
It's nice to get out of the classroom once and awhile to test ourselves out in the bigger world . We don't normally sit in a circle at sc...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/oasis-of-concentration.html?m=0
Teacher Tom: An Oasis Of Concentration
One of the most common compliments we receive from the parents of children who have moved on to public school kindergarten is something al...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2024/04/play-isnt-silly-at-all.html
Teacher Tom: Play Isn't Silly At All
You'd think that people would've had enough of silly love songs But I look around me and I see it isn't so Some people want ...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-way-democracy-is-supposed-to-work.html
Teacher Tom: The Way Democracy is Supposed to Work
Like many preschools, we were always a little short on storage space. We had a separate storage room and a couple of outdoor...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/why-dont-we-just-pay-parents.html?showComment=1314374296954
Teacher Tom: Why Don't We Just Pay Parents?
You can hardly throw a rock at your computer screen (although I would recommend using the search phrase ...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/worst-education-money-can-buy.html?showComment=1318704394106
Teacher Tom: The Worst Education Money Can Buy
Everyone who has ever studied it, everyone with early childhood teaching experience, will tell y...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2023/08/this-is-why-they-soon-find-school-such.html?m=0
Teacher Tom: "This Is Why They Soon Find School Such A Disappointment"
As a child, there were certain adults who I instantly liked, whereas there were others for whom I would take an immediate di...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/why-i-teach-way-i-do-part-five.html
Teacher Tom: Why I Teach The Way I Do (Fairness)
I'm working on a series of posts I've entitled "Why I Teach The Way I Do," hoping to ultimately pull them altogether in...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/arguing-from-friendship-and-integrity.html?m=0
Teacher Tom: Arguing From Friendship And Integrity
The children make their own classroom rules , one of the ...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/dog-crates.html?m=0
Teacher Tom: Dog Crates
I have a theory that perhaps only applies to me, but if I were ever to have a preschool purpose-built to my specifications, it woul...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/07/childish.html
Teacher Tom: "Childish"
When our daughter Josephine was young I took her to a new dentist, one that had come recommended by friends. She was nervous...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2025/05/raising-humans-who-think-for-themselves.html
Teacher Tom: Raising Humans Who Think for Themselves
I recognized them as the nice family from our building, their son, who looks to be approaching 4, was straddling one of thos...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/you-cant-teach-baby-to-read.html?showComment=1343008618025
Teacher Tom: You Can't Teach A Baby To Read
It's not unheard of for preschoolers to teach themselves how to read. In fact, our little school probably sends 2-3...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-enemy-of-learning.html?m=0
Teacher Tom: The Enemy Of Learning
I went to kindergarten back in the 1960's. We played outdoors, built with blocks, pretended, and made some art. I don...
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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-arc-of-moral-history.html
Teacher Tom: The Arc Of Moral History
( I've posted a version of this post for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day for the past several years. I believe that I ide...
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Teacher Tom: WEIRD But Not Necessarily Useful Research
I am of Danish and English heritage, with some Irish and French mixed in for good measure. I know the most about my Danish b...
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