SPS Podcasts

SPS Friday 5: Kindergarten teacher Bambi Howe

Spokane Public Schools

Bambi Howe is starting her 32nd year as a Spokane Public Schools teacher. She’s spent the past 20 of those years with Madison Elementary kindergarteners, mostly in a big, colorful space at the end of the hall.

Here, she shares what the ideal kinder student should know on day one, why early socialization is vital to learning how to “do school,” and a few reasons kindergarten is a magical place.

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