Jaclyn Priest-Brown (she/her)

Effective March 31, 2025, I will no longer be posting on X. I am prioritizing Instagram as my primary social media platform for sharing everything #EarlyYears #Kindergarten #Literacy #Reading and general #curriculum and #pedagogy related things. Follow me @jpriestbrown_hcdsb

It’s not about beliefs, it’s about evidence. Teaching reading changes lives!

January 27th is #Holocaust Remembrance Day. Together, we honour and remember the victims of the Holocaust, and pray for peace & hope for the future. #HolocaustAwareness

A great resource to help deepen understanding of early reading screening instagram.com/p/DE5wcEphiyX/…

Grade 8 teachers, check this out! instagram.com/share/BADuandI…

Today, on #Holodomor Memorial Day, we remember the millions of innocent victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide.

Let's end today with some #positiveaffirmations for parents. Repeat these to yourself. 👇 You're doing a great job and are the best parent for your child. Now start believing it! 💗 ^hvl

Can you build a house ? the kids LOVED this one. We have a group of builders this year... A great way to build on STEM skills, math skills, spatial skills, confidence, independence, social skills, patience, presistance, and focus. SO PROUD 😃 @StVeronica10

November 13 is World Kindness Day! Check out our Bullying Prevention Topic Guide for resources to help promote kindness. #LRCCheckItOut @hcdsb_official library.hcdsb.org/topic-guides/

The sunshine ignited our creativity and we had a huge drawing party outside today! ☀️🖌️🎨🖼️ @HCDSB_k @StCeciliaHCDSB

"See a child differently, and you see a different child." —Dr. Stuart Shanker A reminder of the power of a reframe, via educator @kwiens62:

🍂🍁Still time for a little autumn fun with this FREE printable Scavenger Hunt from @ActiveForLife! Available in multiple languages. Click here to download 👉ow.ly/SYQR50U4Iyt ^tm

So you've screened - now what?! Join @MsSmithGoestoK on December 4 to unpack how she uses screening data to plan instruction in her grade 1 class! Dig into a data-informed literacy block, long-range plans, and classroom instructional routines. 🔗onlit.org/event/grade-1-…

Come one, come all! Welcome to the outdoor puppet theatre! The dinosaurs were the first to perform, who’s next? 🦖🦕🎟️🎭 @HCDSB_k @StCeciliaHCDSB

In the Kindergarten program, learning in the outdoors is included as part of the instructional day, and the educators play an active role, engaging with children in an inquiry stance as they play, explore, and learn together outside the classroom. (The Kindergarten Program, 2016)

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Exploring emotions with Play-Doh! 🎨 Our kindergarteners had a blast expressing feelings like happy, excited, and nervous in such a creative way. Hands-on learning for emotional development! #Kindergarten #SocialEmotionalLearning #CreativeKids @StJoesActon @HCDSB_k

SMALL WORLD PLAY - requested by our kindies " we want a construction world" 🏗🧱🪵🪨🚦🚧🛑...and so WE DID 😃 @StVeronica10

We will remember them.