| Professional: This is my ninth year of teaching Kindergarten. Eight of those years have been at Ryland Heights Elementary. I graduated from Eastern Kentucky University in 1998 with my BS in elementry education. I love teaching Kindergarten, as it provides such fullfillment to see children grow in so many ways. Along with teaching Kindergarten, I also serve on Ryland Height's Site Based Council and am working on obtaining my master's degree. |
| Personal: I live in Florence with my wonderful husband Scott, six year old daughter, Elayne and two year old Anna. We are always together shopping, watching movies, playing at the park, or just spending time together. We have a dog, London and a cat named Steeler. |
| Mission: I believe that every child has the right to worthwhile learning experiences. Students should be engaged and interact with one another to promte a positive self esteem and cooperating skills to prepare them for their future. It is my goal to provide hands on, challenging activities for every child, no matter what level. Hopefully, my students will realize that learning is fun and with it comes great rewards. |
| A Favorite Quote: "A developmentally appropriate kindergarten is like a good home, where children can learn through playing, cooking, watching, listening, acting, reading or pretend reading, and writing or pretend writing. It is a place where they can explore their environment, ask questions, and answer questions. It is a place where the teacher is like a parent - reading to the children and talking about the stories they read; writing for children and allowing them to write for different purposes; having time to explore their community on field trips; and talking about those experiences together. It is a place where children clean up after themselves, learn more about familiar and unfamiliar topics (usually called themes), and learn more about what interests them most - themselves. Most importantly, it is a place where children learn that reading provides both enjoyment and information, and they develop the desire to learn to read and write." (Hall and Cunningham, 1997) |
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| Festival of Lights, Cincinnati Zoo January 2007 |
| Anna & Elayne with our new puppy, London! |
| Butterfly Show, Krohn Conservatory June 2007 |
| cyndi everman harrington |