Happy Hump Day, Friends! My daughter pooped in the tub this weekend. Then, as I sat her on her potty seat, she dumped the entire cup of water she was holding from playing in the bath all over the bathroom floor. So that was fun. Even more fun was while I was cleaning the bathroom, […]
Tips for Packing Up Your Classroom: Get Organized for Next Year Now!
Packing Up Your Classroom…The Time Has Come! You’ve controlled the chaos of the last weeks of school, state testing is done, but packing up your classroom is the LAST HURDLE you have to jump to get to Summer! By this point in the school year, teachers are so wiped out, it is easy to just […]
Standardized Tests: A Letter to My Students
It’s That Time of Year: Standardized Tests Galore Dear Students, Today you are taking your SOL state standardized tests. I know that you are worried, nervous, and anxious to get them over with. The teachers and administrators and parents talk about these tests all year long, and I know you’ve been listening. Now here […]
Happy Mother’s Day from Abe Lincoln (and a few others)
As Mother’s Day approaches, I wanted to offer something a little different than the typical Mother’s Day post. After some research, I have rounded up a handful of not-so-typical Mom quotes, (with a brief response to each.) Enjoy! “Motherhood is a choice you make everyday, to put someone else’s happiness and well-being ahead of […]
Recording Memories: Never Forget a Moment!
Confession: I Stink At Recording Memories Ok ladies, let’s talk Baby Books! I cannot be the only mom with a beautiful baby book full of empty pages. Oh, I started strong! We were recording memories all during pregnancy. Before Belle was born I had already filled out the preliminary pages with info on my pregnancy. […]
5 Most Important Lessons to Teach Your Students
Here I am trying to focus on the most important lessons to teach our youth, and I have retyped this introduction at least 4 times because I am getting distracted watching Say Yes To the Dress! Am I the only one who gets sucked into this show?? The husband is always saying, “you’ve been married […]
Looking for a Fun Engaging Math Activity? Try Sprints!
Worksheets are a snoozefest…try this Super Fun Engaging Activity for ANY SUBJECT + a freebie!
Only Child Mom: You are Not a Lesser Mom
Confessions of a “Single” Mom I am a single mom. Nope, not the typical kind without a husband. I have a perfectly wonderful husband. What I mean is, I am the mother of a single child, an only child. You know, boy mom, girl mom, twin mom, SINGLE mom. We have one perfect, lovely daughter […]
Do Great Teachers Equal Great Moms?
Fellow teachers, this has been a WEEK! We are about a week out from Spring Break, and if you teach you know that means crazy kids and looooong weeks. We had a few nice days this week, so we finally got to go outside for recess again! Trust me, the teachers love this just as […]
How I Teach Writing: One Paragraph at a Time
So, I kinda dropped the ball last year… I found myself a little behind on my CEC’s for re-certification of my teaching license. Give me a break, though, I had a baby and I was just figuring this Teacher Mom thing out! As a result, I was scrambling to get enough points and perusing the Professional Development […]