Blog - My Play Based Classroom
Hi there!
I'm Janelle - a play-based early years teacher passionate about creating learning experiences that ignite curiosity, creativity, and academic growth.
On this blog, I share practical tips on meeting curriculum benchmarks through a balance of explicit teaching and play, setting up the ideal learning environment and fostering social-emotional development.
Let’s make play-based teaching work in your your preschool, kindergarten, and first grade classrooms!
Create a Calm Corner for Yoga in the Classroom
Get started with yoga and provide your children with a peaceful area to calm down and practice yoga and mindfulness. In this blog post, I will show you the yoga calm corner we created in our early years classroom and give you some practical tips and ideas for setting up your very own inviting classroom yoga area.
70 Fun and Easy Printable Yoga Poses for Kids
Looking for a fun classroom brain break that doesn’t hype up your kids? Yoga is perfect for keeping kids calm and getting them moving. Check out these printable yoga poses for kids! With 70 easy to follow illustrated poses, there's plenty to choose from.
11 Amazing Yoga Benefits for Children
Yoga has many benefits for children. It can help children develop their physical, emotional, and mental health, as well as promote self-awareness, concentration, and relaxation. Classroom yoga will benefit your children. Check out this blog post to discover 11 amazing yoga benefits for children.
How to Build a Classroom Community
Discover what a classroom community is and why you need to be building a classroom community at school. Find out my easy ways to build classroom community and get some tried and tested classroom community building ideas you can use.