Welcome to the Teacher Treehouse where you will find inspiration, ideas and resources that engage creativity and thinking. This blog is dedicated to ideas that help elementary teachers choose best practices that build successful classroom environments and a community of readers and writers. Teachers will begin to recognize the smiles in their classrooms that show a thirst for knowledge and a joy in learning.
The posts will be weekly and each post will bring an idea for you and your students and classroom. Become a Teacher Treehouse follower. You will find easy tips to make your day interesting and fun and enhance learning for every child. You will find experienced authors and books that teach literacy and life lessons. The ideas and resources found here will save YOU time and in turn provides the energy you need when actively teaching a classroom of children. All of these ideas are child-centered as the goal is supporting your students in their pursuit to becoming life-long learners.
The focus of Teacher Treehouse is on resources that help with classroom management, classroom organization, and classroom decor. There will be an effort to address good writing in the classroom and provide resources that help beginning writers. Authentic writing experiences are highlighted and presented as often as possible. Teacher references and research are important to note for each endeavor in reading and writing. Listening and speaking are vital to the whole of literacy learning and practice. Home and school are connected throughout as the child's world journeys the path of both.
Follow along as Teacher Treehouse blog grows with ideas and inspiration.