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		<title>Green Eggs and Ham Day!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 13:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day after our discussion about birds, I finally did one of my all time favorite story stretchers&#8230; Green Eggs and Spam!!! Yey!!! For today I decided to have them color the eggs green first and place them on a nest just for kicks It was a joy to see the kids try to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dust Mites, Allergies and Toys</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago I had this discussion with a friend about toys we used to play with as kids. I realized that even if I did have toys as a child, these were mostly Barbies and video games. Haha. What a weird combination I know. My point is I never really got into the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unexpected Crafts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think I have written about this in the past, but today, I came across a photo in Flicker that I fell in love with. Lookie: So cute right! I think this is one of those boxes you get when you buy wholesale cigars or something like that, rather than by the piece. I remember [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Alphabet Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 14:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contrary to what would be assumed, given that I am a teacher who teaches preschoolers after all, learning to read did not come easy for me. For those who have been reading my blog for quite some time now, you probably are familiar with the fact that I was diagnosed with a mild form of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family Recycling Fun!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For our Family Day Celebration in Playschool this year, we decided to have a little recycling competition. We asked each family to make a hat out of any recycled material and it was so much fun to see how creative our parents could get. Here were some of the finalists: The top prize went to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Field Trip Reminders!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the kids&#8217; favorite activities EVER are field trips. I don&#8217;t think this ever goes away&#8230;even my college kids ask me to take them on little field trips all the time! However, for the teachers, field trips can be a logistical nightmare. Sometimes it can get difficult to iron out the kinks of any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clearing the Cache and Public Internet Portals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am lucky that I get to do a lot of my online work in my own computer and that no one else uses it besides me. It&#8217;s not that I don&#8217;t like to share, but I guess there are some drawbacks to using public portals. For example, when I get too lazy to bring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kids and Internet Safety</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago, I wrote an article about keeping kids safe online. Entitled &#8220;A Keystroke Away from Danger&#8220;, the article talked about the many, many dangers lurking online, especially for children. From cyberbullying to falling prey to sexual offenders, children and adolescents, and even some adults, may find themselves in the throes of danger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teacher Made Resources: Alphabet Dress Up Cards</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teacher Ria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was able to dig up one of my old teacher made materials just in time for our class discussion on clothing. I made this probably five or six years ago and I was amazed that it still existed! When I first made this, what I had in mind was integrating academic concepts to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Concept Wall</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been over a month since classes started and I realized I still have not posted what my classroom concept wall looks like. With no further ado, here it is! The caterpillar is actually a recycled one from my Toddlers days but I love it so much I decided to keep it, even if my [...]]]></description>
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