Lovely Preschool Teachers Podcast

One of the biggest classroom management mistakes isn't having expectations. It's assuming children learned them because we explained them once.

In this episode, we're talking about the difference between telling and teaching. Preschoolers don't automatically know how to line up, clean up, walk in the hallway, or participate during circl...

What classroom management system do you use?

It's one of the questions I hear most often from preschool teachers. The answer may surprise you:

I don't rely on one classroom management system.

I rely on a framework:

Build It. Teach It. Reinforce It.

In this episode, we're breaking down why so many classroom management strategies f...

One of the questions I'm asked most often is, "When do you introduce centers?" Many teachers are surprised by my answer: I open centers on Day One.

But there's an important difference.

I don't expect children to be independent on Day One.

In this episode, we're talking about the biggest mistakes teachers make when introducing center...

Every summer, preschool teachers make ambitious classroom prep lists:

But once school begins, many of those tasks suddenly feel far less important than they seemed in June.

Instead of preparing endless activities, you'll learn why preparing classroom systems is what truly sets the ...

The teachers running the smoothest classrooms aren't usually the ones with the cutest classrooms. They're the ones who spent the first few weeks intentionally teaching children how the classroom works.

In this episode, we dive into five common mistakes teachers make at the beginning of the year that often lead to behavior challenges, difficult transitions, dependence on...