My name is Michelle Spatafora and I am a kindergarten teacher in Maryland. I am originally from the Chicago area and moved to Maryland in 2005. I have my bachelors degree in early childhood education with an approval in early childhood special education. I am a proud graduate of Western Illinois University! I recently obtained my masters degree in early childhood education in September 2008. I currently work in a Title I school and most of my students are second language learners. I love learning and cannot get enough of it. Education is one of the most important things in my life.
I live with my husband Dan, daughter Camryn, and yorkie Wrigley.
We love to travel and spend time with our family in the Chicago area. In my free time I enjoy scrapbooking, reading, and crafting. You can visit my site at www.looneydaisy.etsy.com to see what I have been up to!
Leave me a comment to let me know you stopped by!
Some of the items on my page I have created, most I did not. If I did not give you credit for something please let me know. We do a lot of sharing in teaching and sometimes I might not remember where I found an item! This website was created to provide examples of what I do in my classroom. I have borrowed many of the pictures from Google images. These are not my pictures. I did not create them and I do not own them.
If you have any questions or concerns please email me at michelle.spatafora@gmail.com Thanks!
I have a writing and reading blog where I post lessons daily. I post several that are about kinder. http://www.debrennersmith.com
Hi Michelle! I’m glad that I found your site! You have lots of great information. I also have a teaching blog where I share resources/ideas that I use in my pre-k/kindergarten special education classes. It is http://www.mrskilburnkiddos.wordpress.com check it out when you get a chance! Thanks for sharing your ideas!
Hey, love your site- we’re working on ours, not posting quite as often and it’s targeted much more towards parents and students than other teachers. But I do have some teacher links from it and then my own blournal as well! Happy blogging and happy Friday!! -e
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I love your blog.
Thanks for everything you share, and good luck in your pursuit of NBCT. Love your kitties!! AND a HUGE thank you for that amazing link to the word families/rhyming words!! That is awesome!!
I have been referred to your site many times and enjoy it all. I can see you have put alot of work into this and I just hope one day I am able to do this:)
Looking forward to exploring your site! You have alot of enthusiasm! Good luck on your board certification!
I have found some really great resources here on your website. I teach kindergarten in Texas. I am wondering if you also use Technology in your classroom.
I am currently a kindergarten teacher in Chicago. Your blog site is a kindergarten teacher dream cone true. It is filled with such great ideas and strategies.
Thanks so much!
Hello Michelle,
Just found your blog and like it! I too am a Kindergarten teacher not far from you in Virginia. I write a blog for Kindergarten parents, you might want to visit my site:
http://kindergartenteacherclaire.wordpress.com/
thanks
Claire
I love your website! You have fabulous resources! I have taught 1st grade and this is my second year in Kinder and your site is very helpful, like you I am in a Title 1 school with mostly second language learners. Thank you for posting all these fantastic ideas!
Love your site! I was thrilled to find out you are a WIU grad! Me too in 1987! I am still in the area and teach Kindergarten. Keep sharing the great info.
Thanks so much for stopping by. What a small world!
Go Leathernecks!
I am so excited to have found this site!! I just graduated in May from WIU with a degree in Early Childhood Education and my mouth dropped when I saw you were an alum too! I loooove everything on here and can’t wait to implement it into my classroom in small town norther Illinois!
I am SO excited to see all the new ideas on your blog! I’ve been teaching for 14 years and frequently search the web for new “stuff”. Your’s is the first I’ve seen in quite some time.
On a side note… I also have my NBCT 2007. You go girl! It was the best learning experience of my life!
Suzan
Pardon my error – yours is!!
Hello Michelle,
Found your incredible blog couple days ago and couldn’t stop myself to praise all the nice work you done. Your blog is an excellent opportunity to join the early childhood teacher community, to get early childhood teaching ideas and last but not least high ranked blog to link my site with.
Thank you very much
Manjit From Richmond BC Canada.
I love your blog and would love to receive notification when you post something new. You are an inspiration. Thanks
Great ideas! Love visiting your site.
Thanks for sharing all these resources! Feel free to take a gander at my blog, I have lots of free downloads as well.
Kdoublestuffed.blogspot.com
Thank you for so many lovely resources.
I teach in Scotland and your ideas work well here too!
http://misstoffeesclass.blogspot.com
Hola, This website is amazing. I am new to Kindergarten and teaching Spanish -English Dual Immersion. I ‘m looking for Spanish resources and even better other Spanish Kinder teachers. Please help.