Why KBound?

Sharing years and years (and years!) of simple, meaningful, and funsical ideas and activities is easy.  Teachers live to share!  Sharing, however, beyond OUR immediate and safe circle is what has brought the two of us together in this united adventure we call KBound.

KBound began in the shower (well, the name was "discovered" in the shower... Isn't that where everyone has their best ideas?), while washing the day away and thinking about the responsibilities of being an early childhood expert.  We live fearlessly (and tirelessly, selflessly, and somewhat crazily!) on the front line of daily classroom teaching and learning.  From preschool, young learners are sent to us; Kindergarten-bound (hence the name :) are they, literally headed for our door... ready or not.  As Kindergarten teachers, we live and breath what young learners must know to succeed when they come to us ~ what they must learn and master to succeed while they are with us ~ and what they must become in order to be successful and prepared as they are bound, once again, for their next school year.

Hmmmm.... the need to share what works + a clever name thought up in the shower....

A colleague once told us that we knew exactly how to love the little ones, while at the same time cutting to the @#$% of exactly what they needed to know!  Others gently urged us to take our "low-prep, high-power", cut-the-fluff activities and our tried-and-true management tricks on the road.        Us?  OK!  Why not?

So, here we go... creating a blog to share... somewhere beyond ourselves.  It's for the little ones who are bound for YOU, the experts living fearlessly and dedicatedly on the front line of somewhere simple (cut the fluff), meaningful (exactly what they need to know), and funsical (another shower word, which reminds us to bring fun and joy to everything we do!!)!!

Meet US in our next KBound post!