Twas the week before Thanksgiving OPINION — We early childhood teachers love this time of year. “Lest You Forget” is a way to connect our...
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Beth Pinyerd Articles
Classroom Observer: Thank winks and sightings
BY BETH PINYERD OPINION — We can teach our children many wonderful lessons during this month of heart felt gratitude. In the early childhood...
Celebrating National Authors Day
BY BETH PINYERD OPINION —This week we enter the National Gratitude Month. This is a time that we can have our children and families focus and...
Home and Harvest Go Together
OPINION —There is just something about the cool weather of fall which turns our hearts and family expectations to home. I call Opelika, Alabama, my...
Celebrate Each Autumn Day
BY BETH PINYERD It is beginning to look like Autumn in the faces of young children. Smiles, more energy, cool air, beautiful Autumn leaves and...
Hop on the Train
BY BETH PINYERD As I drive through downtown Opelika and see the railroad station and the crisscross of tracks, the sights bring back so many good...
Our Furever Friends
Before August goes out with summer fun and heat, I want to remind the readers that August is National Dog Month. Right here in the middle of what we...
Babies Love Books
I am so very thankful for all the preschool opportunities that God has provided for me, as a Grandma, through Trinity United Methodist Church...
Tears At the Classroom Door
As school has started back in our preschools, as well as different childcare situations, we might hear that when young children separate from their...