Miriam’s Casita

09/07/2023

🙌 Via Simplyy Sarah

06/15/2023

This photo was taken back in 2010. This meme was made a few years later on my former page, Play Counts.

Evidence of learning absolutely does NOT need to be found on a worksheet or in a test score.

I believe evidence of learning should be either on a child, or exclaimed from a child, emerging in their ideas and in their play. Sometimes, I believe it lives quietly within them, because they cannot yet make sense of it, nor articulate it. But it's there.. just waiting for more pieces of information.

Children are constantly tucking away nuggets of knowledge so they can pull it out on another day, in a different situation and apply it.

Their knowledge is demonstrated in the things they choose to do, in the ideas they come up with, the resourcefulness they demonstrate, the intriguing way they view the world.

LISTEN to the children.... every last bit of them... the WHOLE child, and you will see all the evidence of learning.

05/07/2023

02/15/2023

Flowers and herbs to plant for the bees 🌿🌼🐝
Art by Hannah Rosengren www.hannahrosengren.com

02/15/2023

Happy Valentine’s Day from Miriam’s Casita!

Children made and enjoyed some strawberry heart jello. And they also made some Nature Hearts!

02/14/2023

Gathering/reusing materials for tomorrows eco friendly Nature Heart Activity.

We will be using:

✔️cardboard that was going to be recycled
✔️garden jute twine (natural fibers/biodegradable)
✔️garden herbs & wild flowers

02/10/2023

Early start on Valentine activities! ❤️

Children used broken crayons to make their own heart crayons! They were involved in different steps of the process:

1. Children peeled off the paper from the broken crayons

2. Children filled up the heart molds with broken crayons

3. Teacher placed heart molds in oven and took it out

4. Children removed the heart crayons from mold

5. Children colored with their heart crayons.

They were amazed with how they turned out! 🥰

02/03/2023

Independent children!

When children given the opportunity and the appropriate resources are available they can:

✔️ wash their hands on their own
✔️ go potty with little or no assistance
✔️ serve self water, and feed extra water to
plants
✔️ feed self, and clean after self if spills occur

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¡Niños independientes!

Cuando los niños tienen la oportunidad y los recursos apropiados están disponibles, ellos pueden:

✔️ lavarse las manos por su cuenta
✔️ ir al baño con poca o ninguna ayuda
✔️ sírvase agua y alimente agua adicional a
plantas
✔️ alimentarse y limpiar después de sí mismo
si se producen derrames

01/15/2023

Art by Sarah Cunningham Illustration

01/12/2023

This 👇🏼

Earlier doesn’t always mean better.⁣⁣
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Her kid walked at one year, yours walked at eighteen months, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 it doesn’t matter.⁣⁣
Her kid potty-trained at two years old, yours didn't potty-train until four years old, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 it doesn’t matter.⁣⁣
Her kid recognized all his letters and numbers before pre-school, yours had no interest until almost four, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 it doesn’t matter.⁣⁣
Her kid was sleeping through the night by three months, yours wasn’t sleeping through the night until two years old, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 it doesn’t matter.⁣⁣
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Because reaching developmental milestones early means 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 in the long run.⁣⁣
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Because a college professor won’t wonder how old her students were when they could count to one hundred or spell their names.⁣⁣
And no one will know or care if the Harvard graduate or the CEO had a pacifier or didn't potty-train until five years old.⁣⁣
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What matters most is the whole child,⁣⁣
who 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 are,⁣⁣
and how kind 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 are⁣⁣
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So let the pressure go,⁣⁣
and let your kids be kids.⁣⁣
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Don’t rush them through their childhoods,⁣⁣
and make them miss out⁣⁣
because they’re too busy meeting milestone after milestone.⁣⁣
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Besides, earlier doesn’t always mean better.
𝘐𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳.

📸: angelica.ch.r
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My Children’s Book 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘖𝘬𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘖𝘬𝘢𝘺: 𝘈𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘎𝘦𝘵 𝘉𝘪𝘨 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘛𝘰𝘰 is out everywhere: https://amzn.to/317TvVc

01/12/2023

This is truth! 🙌
📷 Julie Hasson