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I would leave late Friday. I frequently drive down south on 95 and it always is best to leave late at night. And the HOV lanes often are terrible the last few miles before they end.
I work in a charter school. We have 10-15 minutes of outside time a day.
I am the one who posted the gnocchi recipe 
I actually realized that I almost always skip adding the extra water. We added it last time and my husband thought it did something good to the garlic and onions. I could take it or leave it. So if anyone else is thinking of trying the recipe, maybe leave the water out? Its not necessary...
I actually realized that I almost always skip adding the extra water. We added it last time and my husband thought it did something good to the garlic and onions. I could take it or leave it. So if anyone else is thinking of trying the recipe, maybe leave the water out? Its not necessary...
You shouldn't push your little one too much at this stage - children truly need to be developmentally ready to write and if you push them too much to do so before they are ready, they may develop negative attitudes towards writing.
The best thing to do right now is to give your child lots of opportunities to write without any pressure. Scribbling is great at 3! Show your child that writing is purposeful - grocery lists, messages, etc. Let them write and draw to tell you a story. Focus on drawing as pre-writing. For example, if you frequently encourage your child to add details to their drawings and support them in doing so, then they will be more likely to understand what people mean later when they tell them to add detail to their writing. Their drawing is their writing right now.
If you want to work on letter formation, mix it up. Write in the sand at the park. Write with soap in the bath. Write with playdough. Focus on your childs name first - those letters are a good jumping off point.
Good luck!
The best thing to do right now is to give your child lots of opportunities to write without any pressure. Scribbling is great at 3! Show your child that writing is purposeful - grocery lists, messages, etc. Let them write and draw to tell you a story. Focus on drawing as pre-writing. For example, if you frequently encourage your child to add details to their drawings and support them in doing so, then they will be more likely to understand what people mean later when they tell them to add detail to their writing. Their drawing is their writing right now.
If you want to work on letter formation, mix it up. Write in the sand at the park. Write with soap in the bath. Write with playdough. Focus on your childs name first - those letters are a good jumping off point.
Good luck!
There seems to be two separate threads going on here
My school does not have anything like a teacher appreciation week so I can only speak hypothetically. I would consider it to be a nice gesture, but not necessary.
I have appreciated all of the following from parents:
-Praise given to administration about my teaching
-Sincere and frequent thank yous
-Occasional treats - ie one mom brought pizzas for us for lunch one day, another brought bagels for us one morning
-Replenishing of supplies they know we need - ie hand sanitizer
-A little gift bottle of lotion from one grandparent. Not that I needed the lotion but it was just a thoughtful out of the blue gift.
I work really really really hard as a teacher so these small thank yous mean a lot to me. I wouldn't turn my nose up at a TA week, but it would be awkward if I felt like people were only doing it because they had to. I'd love it if I felt like some of my parents were happy to have the opportunity to formally thank me.
I have appreciated all of the following from parents:
-Praise given to administration about my teaching
-Sincere and frequent thank yous
-Occasional treats - ie one mom brought pizzas for us for lunch one day, another brought bagels for us one morning
-Replenishing of supplies they know we need - ie hand sanitizer
-A little gift bottle of lotion from one grandparent. Not that I needed the lotion but it was just a thoughtful out of the blue gift.
I work really really really hard as a teacher so these small thank yous mean a lot to me. I wouldn't turn my nose up at a TA week, but it would be awkward if I felt like people were only doing it because they had to. I'd love it if I felt like some of my parents were happy to have the opportunity to formally thank me.
It really just depends. I am a prek teacher - we had some kids in our class who had trouble writing any letters at all at age 4. At this point in the school year, all of our kids can write letters, but for a few of them they can only write a few letters. I would say 3 is when most kids can write a few letters - but it could range from beginning of 3 to end of 3. There will be outliers of course, but most kids will be able to start doing this at age 3.