Training Wheels Needed

Getting Ready

April 1, 2015 by Rachel Raybin Leave a Comment

Do you think it is possible to prepare a child for their first day at preschool? In my opinion, it is not only possible but encouraged. In general when children are well prepared and know what to expect, things go a lot easier. Even as adults when we are in a new situation and don’t…

Get Set

March 3, 2015 by Rachel Raybin Leave a Comment

Choosing a Preschool for your child is a very important decision. Coming from a preschool world, I am passionate on the subject. In my opinion it is as important as choosing the right college. We are all familiar with the saying, “Everything I ever needed to learn I learned in Kindergarten”, I believed we learned…

The Young Maestro

January 2, 2015 by Rachel Raybin Leave a Comment

When my son was very young he spent Wednesdays with his grandparents. There was always music playing in the house. Sometimes it would be Sinatra, other times opera. My young maestro would dance around the living room with his grandmother. His favorite was to conduct the orchestra with his magic wand. There was such joy…

Young at Art

January 2, 2015 by Rachel Raybin Leave a Comment

Let’s talk about art at home and in the preschool classroom. You know all those scribbles that your child brings home on a daily basis, those scribbles are the beginning stages of writing. The young child begins with making marks, then shapes, designs, letters and then words. Pretty awesome don’t you think? The making of art…

Timing is Everything

January 2, 2015 by Rachel Raybin Leave a Comment

As you know by now, I was a preschool teacher and the owner-director of an upscale private preschool in South Florida. I have wonderful memories of the ‘Aha’ moments when I saw the light shine in a child’s eye, when they got it! Just yesterday I was having a flashback to a not so great memory. …

Jaws

January 2, 2015 by Rachel Raybin Leave a Comment

It is the end of September in my two year old classroom. Everything is going along wonderfully. All the children have successfully separated from their parents. Children are at free play and I am thinking all is well, and then I hear Dadop, Dadop Dadop, Dadop, Dadop. In case you don’t recognize this tune, it…

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