March 19, 2020
Learning at Home: Creating a Schedule for Your Family
In my home today, we are all working from home: my husband is on telework, I’m working on things for the Preschool while we’re closed, and our sixth grader is suddenly homeschooling. And we are trying to figure out how to make it all work. It’s a process right now, but our homeschooling friends have […]
Read MoreFebruary 28, 2020
A Teacher’s Perspective: How Being A Teacher Is Making Me A Better Mom
We started a series called “A Teacher’s Perspective” to share the thoughts of our TPK team with you. This week, Jessie Mallett has written about her journey as a teacher and a mom. She teaches our 2 1/2’s class, the youngest group in our school. How Being A Teacher Is Making Me A Better […]
Read MoreFebruary 7, 2020
A Teacher’s Perspective: Teaching about Love
We blog on a regular basis on many differing topics related to raising preschoolers. I am glad to start a new mini series of blogs called “A Teacher’s Perspective”. You will enjoy hearing perspectives and nuggets of wisdom from different teachers in our building and on a variety of subjects. We are kicking off this week […]
Read MoreJanuary 24, 2020
Not another snow day… What can I do with my kids today??
Moms, have you ever watched the snow fall outside, knowing you were going to have your kids home from school, and wondered how you were going to keep them occupied? Us too. It takes a little more creativity to think of ways to keep your children productively busy in the winter… so here are some […]
Read MoreJanuary 10, 2020
New Years’ Resolutions…no, Vision for my family for the New Year
It’s that time again…resolution time. You may have already made and broken some and are ready to give up again but let me encourage you to think some more. I also want you to think about recasting resolutions into a vision for your year or at least goals for the year. The concept of resolutions […]
Read MoreNovember 8, 2019
What to Know About Parent Teacher Conferences
Our Parent Teacher Conference days are coming up! In today’s blog post, we wanted to tell you three things we think you need to know about conferences. Arrive with some time to spare! Factor in some margin so you can arrive, check your child into the childcare provided here, and get to your child’s […]
Read MoreNovember 1, 2019
And Elisha said, “Send Me a Musician”
Glen is a long term TPK dad and grandad. Both of his boys attended preschool here back in the early 2000’s. Now, he has the privilege again of sending his granddaughter to TPK. Music is a large part of his life that he is excited to share with all of you! Music is a powerful […]
Read MoreOctober 11, 2019
How to respond to tattling
Tattling can be one of the most annoying behaviors that our children exhibit. It can also be a great opportunity to teach our children about things like discernment, wisdom, and assertiveness to help develop more emotional intelligence. For young children, tattling is a form of communication that helps them to process their world. We can […]
Read MoreSeptember 27, 2019
Noticing – a way of increasing your child’s inner motivation
As we continue to implement Conscious Discipline in our classrooms, the TPK staff been working to raise our awareness of how often we use the phrases “Good job!” or “I like the way_____ is doing _____.” We are consciously replacing those phrases with noticing exactly what your children are doing. We ask ourselves if a […]
Read MoreSeptember 13, 2019
What do they do all day??
My mom opened my backpack and noticed that it was empty again. She asked what I did at school and I said “I don’t know.” But, I did know. I did so much I didn’t know where to start. Over the next few hours though, she heard all about it… My day started with finding […]
Read More“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”- Jeremiah 29:11
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