Inherent Nerdiness: The Podcast

In my experience most teachers have embraced their inner nerd. I certainly have! One of my current school's core values is to be a life long learner. We've been exploring the core values during morning assembly and it got my wheels spinning. Of course I'm a life long learner, just look at my iPod play list!

As a professional educator I read several early childhood publications, and follow several educational forums and iTunes U segments. But I consider that to be a basic level of professionalism, it doesn't reach too deeply into the essence of nerd.

My husband and I run or go for walks almost every evening after dinner, and during this time we listen to podcasts. Each of us in our own worlds of specific interests, happy to observe nature and listen to different topics of interest.

So my top, most favoured podcasts in no particular order are:

The First World War in 261 weeks
Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine
Mike and Tom Eat Snacks
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
Stuff You Should Know
Stuff You Missed in History

3 Cheers and several hip-hoorays to all the hosts of these podcasts. You all make my life a bit more interesting!

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S Snake

Snakes are a regular occurrence here in the jungle. We see snakes slither across our outdoor hallway with some frequency, so the kiddos have a personal connection to them. This was reflected in lots of patterns, smiles, and familiarity.

M Monkey

Where I live there are four kinds of monkeys that we see nearly everyday. On the way to school or in the afternoons it is quite normal to see troupes of either shorter long tail macaques. And if we are especially lucky we catch sight of a gibbon or langur high in the branches of a tree. When I first chatted with the class about monkeys they were most excited about the short tail macaques who tend to be the larger monkeys who are not skittish around people. And thus was born the M Monkey, or M Macaque. The children are quick to say that the monkeys LOVE garbage can messes.

KISS, keep it simple stupid

Overwhelmed by shelves gone wild? Have you ever reached a point when your home or classroom shelves begin to explode? I really never thought I would, but here I am with this: My kiddos have basically stopped using this area because the shelves have become too overwhelming. Now don't get me wrong, I love having so many beautiful resources, but too much is too much! So I turned my shelf to utilize the space better and simplified. Two days later the literacy area is one of the go to spots in the class. I think this is an easy fix, simplify and they will come. As my very smart dad is fond of saying "keep it simple stupid!" A reminder that has served my kiddos well this week.

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