Thoughts of a mommy & teacher.
Every morning when I taught first grade I would write a “Morning Message” to my students on a white board. It would always start “Today is …” and then the day and date. Then I would write about what we were talking about today and where we were going for specials (art, music, PE, computer) […]
This week our whole family is on Spring Break. My husband is a teacher so he gets the whole week off too which is wonderful! The past two years I have had Ashlyn create a top ten list of things she wanted to do over Spring Break. I love seeing that it’s the simple things she enjoys. […]
I have always used Discovery Tables in my class but this week I decided to do them at home too. If you don’t know what I am talking about, Discovery Tables are tables that you put different things in such as water, soil, bird seed, sand, etc. and other items for kids to explore with. […]
Every morning my girls spend between 30 to 45 minutes playing by themselves in their rooms. I started this when both were about 2 months old and have done it almost every morning since. When they were that young, it was play pen time. At first, we put them in their car seat and […]
Spring Break and summer time will be here before you know it and that means going on more road trips with the kids. My kids are 5 and 2 and have always done pretty good on long trips. They can entertain themselves and don’t mind being strapped in their car-seats for hours on end. Here […]