My kids are great at helping me in the garden. We’ve been weeding, adding compost, planting flowers, and adding vegetable starts to the vegetable garden. Now, if the sun would come out for longer than ten minutes, we’d be happy gardeners! Lately, I’ve been rotating the kids’ books that we have on display. I keep a
I can’t say this enough: Every experience our children have, directly impacts their literacy. Art is a form of self expression which I have never felt “good” at. Drawing is really hard for me. In kindergarten, we make lots of charts with pictures. I try to draw little sketches by our sentences, to remind kids
I was looking through old pictures the other day and ran across these. We’re regular visitors at the Woodland Park Zoo and we love visiting the Seattle Aquarium. When we travel, we look for different zoos and aquariums to visit. Last summer we went to the Newport Aquarium, in Oregon, and over spring break we
I have a confession to make. As a child, I didn’t like to read. Actually, I hated reading. I don’t have a favorite book from my childhood or even a book I remember kind of liking. As a teacher, I’ve fallen in love with books. I love children’s books! I could spend hours browsing the
Wasn’t Kate a beautiful bride? Whether you are a royal watcher, or not, you have to admit it was a beautiful wedding. My daughter is a true princess. Every time we watch a princess movie, she is absolutely giddy during the wedding. Watching a real-live prince marry his princess is a dream come true for