Cherie's Random Thoughts

Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves!-Sir James Barrie The quote embodies the true essence of what it means to be human. If we are blessed we can have up to 75-90 years on earth. During this time many spend it wisely and many do not. Those that do understand the "power of sunshine": meaning they willing let their inner light shine and intentionally bring joy to the lives of others. They live a life of optimism, realism, and joy. They energy is refreshing and contagious. Life would definitely have a few more clouds without their presence.

ED110 Course: The Early Childhood Professional - Preventing Teacher Burn-Out Thought I share this page of a wiki I created for one of the course I teach. 

Empowerment for the women of the world! Celebrate your womanhood this March by making 2012 your year to get it together. Its the difference between pain and happiness, solace and joy, triumph and defeat! Rise to the occasion this year and let your inner light shine.

In honor of Women's History Month! This is a beautiful portrait of a women who teaches us about civil rights through the beautiful art of storytelling. Worth taking 9 minutes of your life to watch, listen, and learn!

Title: Literacy Lessons K-8-Connecting Activities to Standards and Students to Communicates Author: Helen Hoffner Publisher: Corwin Press ISBN: 978-1-4129-8147-7 Review of Book:   Excellent book! Provides reader with IRA/NCTE standards for the English Language Arts and McREL standards. In addition, provides reader with a list of related mentor texts for three levels. Each lesson includes grade level adaptations, teacher/student assessment rubrics, overall assessment rubrics, and much more. Definitely worth checking out!  Content of Book  Part I. Lessons Plans and Activities To Enhance Storytelling  Reading H ometown History  Savoring the Setting  Diaries at Daybreak  A Story in a Poem  Postcard Possibilities Writing I f These Walls Could Talk..... Story Letters  Hats Off to the Storyteller  The Story of My Favorite Hat  Speaking and Listening Sing a Story  Making Introduction...

Title:  The Digital Diet-Today's digital tools in small bytes Author:  Andrew Churches, Lee Crockett, and Ian Jukes ISBN:  978-1-4129-8236-8 Publisher:  Corwin Press General Websites BBC Webwise:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/ Online course to teach you how to use technology. Free!! Gary S. Stager-A list of digital media resources  http://stager.org/imovie/index.html Stop Cyberbulling  http://www.stopcyberbulling.org/ NCPC-Cyberbullying  http://www.ncpc.org/cyberbullying Digital Citzenship  http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/uploads/1stLL.pdf 14 Interesting Ways to Use Google Docs in the Classroom:  https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_8323t58h3ft Starter Sheet: Buzzword:  https://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Starter+Sheets EdTechTeacher Skype Tutorial:  http://edtechteacher.org/index.php/teaching-technology/discussion-collaboration/25-video-conferencing Twitter tutorial on Slideshare:  h...

I am starting an early childhood faculty group on Endmodo. It will be a place for early childhood faculty to share ideas. Feel free to join and share with others.   http://edmodo.com/join/82cde1d7846b1768d067d3d512480fdf