Summary: What does your perfect year look like? As you and your students embark on all of your learning adventures, what will be the story of your classroom? How does your journey begin and how do you want it to end? <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/punk-rock-preschool-podcast/id1226551045">Listen here as we write the perfect script and turn your school-year into a blockbuster movie!</a><br> Like any great movie, we need a compelling hero to save the day. Luckily you have the most compelling cast of characters imaginable: your students! The kiddos in your class are the heroes of this story, and we are all rooting for them to succeed! With such a strong supporting cast of friends, family and teachers, there’s nothing these little heroes can’t accomplish as they take on the world! And, as any hero should, your students will face some challenges, but through these challenges, they will learn and grow and eventually save the day!<br> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/punk-rock-preschool-podcast/id1226551045"></a><br> That first paragraph was the movie trailer. Now that you’ve seen the preview,<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/punk-rock-preschool-podcast/id1226551045"> let’s get into Act I of this future Oscar-Award Winning film, Discovering Potential.</a><br> <br> * <a href="https://punkrockpreschool.com/009">ACT I – Kids Discovering Potential</a><br> * ACT II – Kids Unlocking Potential<br> * ACT III – Kids Unleashing Potential<br> <br> For a full breakdown of these three acts and what they mean (not just buzzwords, I swear!), <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/punk-rock-preschool-podcast/id1226551045">listen here. </a><br> Dedicate the beginning of your year to helping students discover the joy of learning. Make an awesome first impression and start the year off right. Help your students discover their roles and responsibilities in the classroom, school, and community. Help kids discover who they are and what they love by exposing them to the world and inspiring passions. And help these little people discover that with hard work and a love of learning, they can all change the world.<br> Instead of pouring all of your energy into trying to convince a crying students that school “is going to be alright,” kick it up a notch and convince them that school is going to be incredible! With the right tone and enthusiasm, most kids can be convinced that anything is cool enough to give it a shot. And with YouTube and Netflix you literally have the most amazing resources in the world to persuade your students that learning and school are awesome.<br> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/punk-rock-preschool-podcast/id1226551045"></a><br> In this episode, we go over all the discoveries your students will make in the first part of the year, so they can unlock and unleash their potentials throughout the rest of their lives! Not only will kids discover all that school has to offer, but they will soon discover that learning is all around them! <a href="https://punkrockpreschool.com/free-full-year-punk-rock-preschool-curriculum/">The first part of our curriculum is designed to teach students this hugely important observation! </a><br> <a href="https://punkrockpreschool.com/free-full-year-punk-rock-preschool-curriculum/"></a><br> In the Punk Rock Preschool curriculum, we start the year with units on school, teamwork, & confidence. These three weeks focus on how our classroom is a team, our roles in that team, and how working together helps us accomplish our goals. Then we jump into community, geography, and culture. Students then discover that learning continues as we expand out from the school and classroom bubble to the community, city, country, and eventually the world — virtually traveling the globe to see all the learning that exists in every corner of the planet! Finally,
