I’m on a mission. I want to fill my childrens’ summer with activities they will love and learn from. As a teacher in the public school system, I believe I can make a difference in children’s lives, but I can’t do it all. I rely on parents to give their children the REAL LIFE experiences
One of my students gave this to me as an end of the year gift. His mom is a first grade teacher at my school and she reads my blogs. I had just done a post on pressing leaves and flowers with my kids, when she stumbled upon this flower press for sale. My usual
Our babies are making the change! This whole process still amazes me. I know the life cycle. I’ve seen it more times than I can count, and I’m full of awe and wonder each time I see it. If you look closely, you can see there are still two caterpillars crawling around, one hanging upside
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 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