This is the year! I’m going to do something that I’ve never done in my 22 years of teaching. I’m going to hatch chicks in my kindergarten classroom! I’m so excited, I might just burst. The kindergarten teachers at a neighboring school have done this for years and tell me that it is an amazing
You can probably guess that I love literacy just from the name of my blog, but I must say that I REALLY love it. I love teaching kids reading and writing in all of the different ways we accomplish that in education (Guided Reading, comprehension strategies, Writer’s Workshop, and much more). There are so many
We all love Summer. Carefree days of sunshine and playing outside are teamed with family vacations and lazy afternoons. As a teacher, my mind also goes to the dreaded Summer Slide. Don’t get visions of a fabulous slip and slide in our head when I mention the Summer Slide. The Summer Slide is something teachers
I’ve been thinking a lot, lately, about why I write this blog. When I started blogging, I began with a home life blog. I wanted to encourage families to spend time cooking, gardening, sewing, and baking together. I majored in Family and Consumer Science (formerly Home Economics) while earning my teaching certificate and I love
Not too long ago, I hosted a dinner party and the theme of the party was honey. Every recipe used had honey as an ingredient. I went to one of the “fancy” grocery stores in our area and they had several different types of honey to purchase. I decided to get clover, raspberry, and blackberry