Combination of Teacher Blogs for the Teachers of Tomorrow

1. First-Year Teachers: Advice and Tips from Learning in Wonderland : This blog by an Arizona teacher features many ideas for new teachers to make a comforting , encouraging , and successful environment . She gives numerous tips on how to get to know each child and frequently makes a point that knowing the students is much more important than other things, such as testing, so there must be a balance and each teacher needs to find their own. One example she gives is listening, as it can be astounding how much a teacher can learn by simply listening to their students. She gives examples of activities , classroom set-up , and provides wonderful organization tips. 2. Classroom layout and frequent praise from Coyne's Crazy Fun Preschool: This teacher effective layout ideas and shares how they practice praising students all through the day, every single day. Students learn teamwork as they have to work together for certain rewards.    When the class is able to...