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Introductions!

I am so in awe of Amy for thinking to start this, thanks Amy. But I thought we should have a thread where we can all introduce ourselves / blogs/ jobs. Please add !!

I am Allison McDonald ( Allie) and I am the founder of No Time For Flash Cards a blog / resource of fun targeted at the 1-5 year olds. I have a degree in Elementary Ed ( focus on early literacy)  but have been teaching preschoolers before and after college and love the preschool classroom. I am home now with my 3 year old and baby on the way. 

On my blog I pair activities ( art, pretend play, songs, sensory...and more) with books so that parents/teachers can easily do themed activities and connect those activities to books with the goal of promoting literacy and fun!

I have written curriculum  ( really detailed lesson plans) for Itty Bitty Bookworm and adored the challenge , and hope to do more.  I also blog for Family Education.com, Parentella and contribute to Blissfully Domestic.

I adore when I can connect with other teachers and hope this can become a virtual staff room :)




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Permalink Reply by Terry Marcus on June 24, 2011 at 9:49am

Hi Allie, and everyone - I'm Terry - I teach English second language kindergarten. I haven't ventured into the life of blogging yet, but I love to stalk. I have gotten some amazing ideas from everyone. I've raised two daughters, one who is a first grade teacher, the other just graduated from college and is off to grad school to become a behavioral neuroscientist. She has seen the struggles we teachers have with our "behavioral" children and thought she would love to find the causation of these behaviors. She is my hero. I am also helping raise my 3 year old grandson - so all your ideas are coming in handy, it's been a long time since I've had a three year old in the house. 

 

I'm looking forward to sharing with you all, thanks for doing this.

Permalink Reply by Margaret on July 11, 2011 at 8:36pm

Hi Everyone!

 

I'm so glad that I found this group!  I'm always looking for like minded teachers and parents to swap great ideas.  Now that I've entered the blog world, I'm addicted!  

 

I'm moving down to Kindergarten from 2nd grade. I've started a website and blog to document the journey and have a place to collect all the great information I find along the way!!  My blog is Our Kinder Journey and my website is kinderjourney.net  

 

I'd love gathering great ideas and am excited to have met you all!!

Margaret

Permalink Reply by Jessie Beerman on July 16, 2011 at 7:15am
Hi Everyone!

I'm Jessie Beerman, mom of 3 conventionally schooled preschoolers that I homeschool/afterschool with the Montessori Method. I'm a Primary Montessori Teacher at a fabulous Montessori School in Providence, RI. I have AMS Montessori Training, plus a Masters of Education for Early Childhood. My thesis was about Montessori At Home, so my life is pretty much full :) I blog about what I do with my own children at www.educationofors.blogspot.com

I'm new here, happy to connect with all if the wonderful teachers here!

Thanks for having me!

Jessie
Permalink Reply by Kristen Bowers on July 17, 2011 at 1:28am

Hello all!  I am new to We Teach, and can't wait to learn and share with you all!  

I am Kristen Bowers, M. Ed. wife, mom, author, former teacher, and founder and President of Secondary Solutions.  My blog and products serve the middle and high school English Language Arts teacher, as I taught high school English for six years before becoming a work-at-home mom.  

My blog is very new, but it features tips, ideas, lessons, freebies, announcments and more!  Please follow me at http://www.secondarysolutions.blogspot.com. I am also on twitter at sec_solutions.

If you would like to learn more about what we do at Secondary Solutions, please view my video on my main blog page!  Thanks for allowing me to be a part of this great group!

-Kristen

Permalink Reply by Monica Schroeder on July 27, 2011 at 8:39pm

Hello Everyone!  My name is Monica Schroeder.  I am a 2nd grade teacher in NC. I am in my 11th year of teaching and I have taught grades K-2.   I also am a mother of 2 little ones and a wife of 14 years.   I am the founder of www.theschroederpage.com and www.schroederpage.blogspot.com. Each are teacher and parent resource sites on the web.  You will find tips, lessons, ideas, crafts, SMARTboard lessons, videos and so much more. 

I also am a SMART Exemplary Educator and am working on my SMART Certification now.  I am an author for Teachers Blog Addicts and do IN HOME training for SMARTnotebook, Classroom MGT, and Phonics Instruction.  (In home means...I stay at my house and you stay at yours and I share my screen on your computer.  We are able to talk and chat through a program classed Team Viewer.  We can even do video.  It is soooo Cool!) Busy, BUSY! 

Please stop by and say HELLO! 

Monica

Permalink Reply by Charlotte Allen on December 5, 2011 at 6:10pm

Hi!  I'm new here and very excited to get involved and learn new stuff.  I started out in daycare in high school and went on to work as a nanny.  I've now been a Nanny for over 10 years and I still love it!  I prefer the 0-2 1/2 age range.  I have a 7 1/2 yo boy, nearly 5 yo girl, and another girl due early Feb.  With both my family and nanny kids I LOVE to do art and learning activities.  With my kids at home we enjoy baking as well.

 

I don't have any special training/schooling for my job as a Nanny aside from CPR/First Aid.  Just the experience of having cared for so many kids!

 

I do have a blog, www.allenfam4.blogspot.com.  I mostly use it to update family and friends on our lives, but I've been known to get some venting taken care of over there as well.

 

I love to scrapbook, read, and just waste time on my computer!!

Permalink Reply by Penny Woods on January 1, 2012 at 12:04pm

Hello Everyone,

I am new to the We Teach community.  I'm a former public school media and technology specialist.  Although I am no longer in the classroom, I wanted to find a unique way to help teachers.  With the current state of educational budgets and knowing how much teachers ACTUALLY spend out of their own pockets, I created the blog "Penniless Teacher."

The goal of "Penniless Teacher" is to find FREE funding for teachers, through grants, sweepstakes, contests and giveaways.  You will not find those mega money grants that require months to complete the application.  I try to find the EASY low dollar funds to save you time, and money.

Join me at Penniless Teacher blog and on Facebook.

Looking forward to meeting you all!

Penny

Permalink Reply by Miss L on January 22, 2012 at 4:12pm

I've been on We Teach for a few weeks but I just found this discussion.

I'm an education student from Manitoba, Canada. I blog regularly at www.misslwholebrainteaching.blogspot.com about my experiences as an education student, my questions about the educational field and my use of the classroom management strategy whole brain teaching.

I think We Teach is an awesome networking site, I've already learned so much. Thank you!

Permalink Reply by Malia Hollowell on March 18, 2012 at 10:36pm

Hi Everyone,

I loved reading through your bios and now have collected a laundry list of blogs to check out over the next few days.  Thanks for sharing!  

My name is Malia and before becoming a SAHM this past year, I spent time teaching kindergarten and second grade.  I recently received National Board Certification for Early Childhood Education and I love teaching little ones.  

I started my blog, Playdough to Plato, to help parents learn simple, entertaining activities for teaching and strengthening pre-K to 2nd grade children's reading skills.  

I'm looking forward to sharing and learning from all of you.

Malia

Permalink Reply by Kimberly Moore on March 19, 2012 at 4:05am

Thanks for the introduction Allison! I am former teacher, ECE director, homeschool mom with three daughters who created "arithmetic village". It is a series of math books and activities which introduce the basic arithmetic functions through rhyme and personification. I think that a virtual staff room and sharing resources is the way of the future! :) http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arithmeticvillage/arithmetic-vi...

Permalink Reply by Erin (Eddie) Dean on June 19, 2012 at 6:33am

Hi Allie and everyone! Very glad to be here and see both familiar and new-to-me people.

I have two blogs, one main (http://www.theusualmayhem.blogspot.com) and one with about 4 posts on it so far for fairy tale activities with my preschool sidekick (http://www.smallworldspreschool.blogspot.com).

I also supply teach at goverment-regulated and private daycares, and am Montessori trained with over 20 years' experience working with children as well as homeschooling my own three.

Nice to meet everyone!

Permalink Reply by Lisa Gleeson on August 11, 2012 at 7:47pm

Hi, I'm Lisa.  I have been teaching special education for 18 years now after being a SAHM to my 3 children.  I have a Masters in Special Education and am certified in multiple disabilities, learning disorders, behavior disorders and early childhood special education.  All but two years of teaching have been done with students with multiple disabilities and this is my third year teaching preschoolers with multiple disabilities.  My passion is learning about chromosomal syndromes and how they affect all facts of a student's life.  I love what I do, but because my students are on so many different educational levels, I have to work hard at differentiating my instruction.  I find it difficult to find material I can use to teach my preschoolers.  I hope to learn a lot from everyone here and if I can be of any help, you only have to ask :)

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