Today I'm linking up with Blog Hoppin' for Teacher Week. Today's topic...ORGANIZATION. I know I've talked to y'all a little bit about staying organized. You might remember me telling y'all that I always start out the year organized and ready to go, but after the first day the wheels fall off and I usually don't find them until the last day of school :) Here are just a few of things I do & use to TRY and stay organized throughout the year. TRY being the operative word. I keep all of my files in the plastic sterilite drawers labeled by month. This has helped me a TON!! ... Read More
It’s Teacher Week, Y’all!
Have y'all heard?! It's Teacher Week over at Blog Hoppin'! Today's link up is all about the WHO. I'm linking up with my girls to tell y'all a quick little bit about me. Just a quick little snippet :) {On a more random note, what in the world is up with my picture? It looks like I tried a little Portraiture action on my face and I SO did not!!! Why is it so hazy looking?! I didn't use a filter...I mean, I need to, but I didn't!!! HELP.} And if you're anything like me, you like to try and plan ahead, so here's a little schedule of what we have in store for the rest of the ... Read More
New Year, New Look!
Hey y'all! Notice anything different?! A-hem {{cough}}. Anything SPECTACULARLY different?!?!? HELLO NEW BLOG DESIGN!!!!!!!! I.am.IN.LOVE. You can't see me right now, but I'm swooning. It's a brand new year, so I figured it was time for a brand new look. And I seriously couldn't be happier. It's so ME!!! The colors, the graphics...did I mention the colors??!! I LOVE! And I have Tenille from Designs by Tenille to thank! She was AMAZING to work with and pretty much knocked this one out of the ballpark :) I'm even having her re-do my train wreck of a mess ... Read More
A Little Tutorial
Yesterday I shared this picture on my Instagram. I had a few people ask where I purchased and if I didn't purchase it, how did I make it?! SO...I figured I'd do a teensy little tutorial for those of y'all that are interested. I grabbed all the supplies at Michaels. Then I typed up my little list of doable chores for my boys. I used KG Let Her Go Solid at 16pt. My boys are 5 & 7 and we try *really* hard to make them as independent and helpful as possible around the house. Their chores aren't insanely crazy, but they're just enough to give them a good sense of responsibility and make them helpful ... Read More
A Few Little Tips
While everyone is headed back to school, I thought I'd share a few little tips that have helped my classroom setup TREMENDOUSLY over the years. You might have already seen these before, but just in case you haven't, I thought I'd share them again :) Whatever helps....right?!?!! Last year I added command hooks in all of my academic areas with the intention of storing my anchor charts for each of those subjects. I just attached the anchor charts to binder rings for hanging. That turned out to be one of the best things I did for my classroom! My kids were easily able to access all of our anchor charts so when they had a ... Read More
GoNoodle is Hoppin’!
In case you haven't figured it out by now, I'm a pretty happy person. Life's too short to be ANYTHING but happy. Don't you agree?! I want the kids in my classroom to feel the same way EVERY.SINGLE.DAY. When you think about it, many of our kids might be the happiest they'll be all day long when they're in our classrooms. It's my job...my privilege...to make them feel safe, loved, and yes...HAPPY. I may not always succeed, but I'll tell you what. I try my darndest to make sure it happens! When my boys get home at the end of the day, I pray they feel the same. HAPPY. I know their teachers ... Read More
Back to School Tips – The Readers Edition
I know at the beginning of the year I need all the help I can get. I don't have all the answers. I don't have the best ideas. I never have and I never will. I absolutely LOVE brainstorming and getting help from other teachers! I mean, I'll take any help I can get to make my year start off smoothly!!! Especially when SO many of you have such AMAZING ideas!! About a month ago, I asked my Facebook readers to give me a few back to school tips and I got some great ideas! These are the kind of ideas that made me go, "DUH!!!! SO simple!! Why didn't I think of that?!?!?" Hopefully ... Read More
Celebrating Mistakes
Have y'all ever read this precious book??? It's all about a little girl named Beatrice who is a perfectionist in every sense of the word. She was known as the girl who never made mistakes....until one day she did :) I absolutely ADORE this story for SO many reasons. Kids can be SO scared to make mistakes. Whether they come from a home where mistakes aren't embraced or they're just natural born perfectionists, they're {sometimes} terrified to make them. I started reading this book at the beginning of the year to teach my kids that mistakes are OKAY! I want my kids to know that I make mistakes ... Read More
Cr:e:ate to Organize
The beginning of a new school year always lends itself for the opportunity to become more organized. I'm sure you start out just like me. Organized as all get out. And you have EVERY intention of staying that way for the remainder of the year. You even tell all of your co-workers that, "I'm going to be SOOOOOOO organized this year, m'kay?!" And they notsosecretly roll their eyes and pat you on the head saying something along the lines of "sure you are, sweetie." I swear. Every year. I.WILL.BE.MORE.ORGANIZED. And I am. For the first week....BEFORE the kids get there :) Then all bets are ... Read More
Back to School…It’s Here!
I'll say it about 500 more times until we have to go back, but ohmiword. It's already here. Some of y'all have been back for a few weeks. Some of y'all are starting your first day today. Some of us still have a few weeks yet to go. Either way, it's here. And this sorta sums it up perfectly... Can I get an amen?! It seems like the back to school prep is never ending. NEVER.ENDING. There's always one...or a hundred....more thing(s) to do. Always. And it stays like that for the rest of the year. Uh...scratch that. It stays like that for all of your ... Read More
