One thing that is so cool about teaching is how we grow and evolve with experience. It's an amazing career for seeing tangible improvement and growth as a teacher (and as a human!), starting in just your first year. It's pretty crazy how you have to adjust and change in...
Communication Orale Practice in Maternelle: the “How Are You?” Circle
I'm not sure if you can relate, but sometimes I feel like half the battle in maternelle is just getting the day started on the right foot. If I can get my students calm, happy, and speaking French right from the get-go, we generally have a calm, happy, French-filled day....
First Week Of School Bus Craft Activity for Maternelle
Can you take a second to imagine this scenario? Pretend that it's about 7am, and you're driving a huge, noisy, yellow bus through your neighbourhood, after getting up super early to inspect the bus and make sure it's safe. You pick up student after student - who may range in...
A Quick & Easy Way to Celebrate Classroom Birthdays en Maternelle
When I first started teaching maternelle, I must admit... I liked to make things complicated. Not on purpose, of course - I just wanted everything to be perfect. I wanted my students to have THE BEST EXPERIENCE EVER in my class. So I had treasure chests and classroom jobs, students...
Introducing Classroom Rules in Maternelle
We all know that maternelle is a... special adventure, especially in September ;) When we school starts in September, some of our students may have never been in an environment where they have to follow group rules before. (Or ANY rules ;) haha) I remember one year having a student...