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Due to covid my students really enjoyed playing with nature (sticks) I watched in amazement the progression of their house building. This is our house @PetreeElem #playishowtheylearn #nature

Shouldn't there be a better distinction between "play-based" & "free play?" And is play-based learning leading to more standards alignment & tech in early childhood classrooms? @DEY_Project @raepica1 @denisha_jones @palan57 nancyebailey.com/2021/05/20/pla…

Our plastic bag bracelets were a success! We read One Plastic Bag and learned about plastic. We blended culture and science today @PetreeElem #Kindergarten #STEMinkindergarten

Our house building with sticks has become more concrete as students figure out how to make a house 'flat' @PetreeElem #playishowtheylearn #Kindergarten

Oh what can you see now that you couldn't see before? Thanks Mr Rhew for lending us science binoculars ⁦@PetreeElem⁩ #playishowtheylearn #kindrrgarten #sciencefun

Sorting our science materials by sink or float @PetreeElem #playishowtheylearn #kindergarten

Maintaining social distance and sorting our science materials by their properties. Kindergarten science fun! @PetreeElem #Kindergarten #science

Thank You Ms. Wilson for the sidewalk chalk! ⁦@PetreeElem⁩ #playishowtheylearn

What else can you do with sticks? Construct a house! They worked together to put up the walls and added flowers for decoration @PetreeElem #kindergarten #playishowtheylearn

How many ways can you balance a stick? @PetreeElem #playishowtheylearn #Kindergarten

STEM challenge: Who can build the tallest snowman with only 3 pieces of paper and a lot of tape? @PetreeElem #kindergarten #science

We learned that Hank Aaron would practice with a ball and stick so we tried it out. Looks like I've got some potential baseball players @PetreeElem #playishowtheylearn #Kindergarten #HankAaron

This made my day. In person students building relationships with remote students during brain bag time. Discussions about what they were building @PetreeElem #playishowtheylearn #Kindergarten

Finland is trying to design the perfect school. This is what it looks like.

@bluskyz Try to make multiple bags to rotate out. Boredom is easy in this new way. My remote friends bring toys to screen at end of day to play with in person friends when they have manipulative bags.

@bluskyz Even though students are masked and 6feet apart they are still kindergartners! Make lots of bagged activities that can be air sanitized/ sprayed. Things like a box of rhyming puzzles can be made into 6 individual bags. Add people, animals, vehicles to manipulatives!

@MichaelBonner_ Yes😊

Hey Teachers (every race, ethnicity and sexual orientation): Did your administration check on you today? I only asked because one of my administrators texted me to see how I was doing. The texted moved me to check on the rest of us who are in the classroom. Let me know

The first two days of this year have broken case count records. These numbers need to be a wake up call. Wear a mask and follow the safety measures in place to drive down the numbers. It takes all of us doing our part.

Oh, it’s still going to happen... nothing stops play! Please tell a friend that Feb 3, 2021 is Global School Play Day! Register your live or virtual class at globalschoolplayday.com #GSPD2021 #millionswillplay