I have decided to enter the share your tips and win contest  to see if I can win our class an edublog supporter subscription for a year.  I have chosen to give the 5 most important tips for educators starting out with blogging.

The question is: Can you really blog with children in early childhood? I will graduate this April with an education degree specializing in early childhood education and my answer is a resounding YES. I have seen the success of classroom blogs in ECE and I am ALL FOR THEM!

Blogging with young children
Can seem like quite the job,
Shouldn’t they be spending their time
writing on paper and not a blog?

What types of advantages
Can there really be-
In something so new and crazy
that has to do with technology?

Well my friends and followers,
welcome to the new
time and era of our day.
It has to do with YOU

Blogging is for parents
It helps them stay in touch
You can read your children’s writing
Watch their skills improve so much!

Having a classroom blog
helps the teachers out as well
It gives us a place to communicate
To vent, to share, to yell:)

Most of all its for the students
A place for them to share
The results are remarkable
Great things like this are rare!

If you’ve thought of starting a blog
For your early childhood kids
I want to spur you on to this
And give you a few tips

Number 1- Be careful,
All comments must go through you
Safety is a priority
Parents think so too!

Number 2- Be patient
Writing can be hard
Isadajinthaydr  Means
“I saw a dog in the yard”

Number 3- Find buddies
That will pair up with your class
Regularly commenting
On what their buddy posted last

Number 4- Find experts
In your class that understand
How to write and publish posts
They’ll give the other kids a hand

Number 5- Stay simple
Don’t get in over your head
Don’t let your blog take ALL your time
Still plan on going to bed!

As for me I’m ready
To get my blogging thoughts in order
But if I can have one blogging wish,
please make me a supporter!