Guess where I was yesterday?! Spending the day with THE Kim Sutton!!!! If y’all have never had a chance to see her in person, I *highly* recommend attending one of her workshops at some point in your life! She is AMAZING! I had so many A-HA! moments yesterday!! That woman is BRILLIANT when it comes to teaching math! I’ve been using many of her resources and materials for several years now, but to hear her explain things in person is a totally different ballgame. Here’s a little peek at some of my fun… Now I’m spending the day getting ready for one of my FAVORITE days tomorrow…EARTH DAY!!! Are ... Read More
Five for Friday
I’m not complaining, but BOY…this has been a WEEK!!!! I figured I’d sum it all up in a little five for Friday action because I really don’t have much to blog about this week. Wah-wah. SO….I’ll do a little SEVEN for Friday instead :) 1. I had my first migraine on Tuesday. At least, I’m pretty sure it was a migraine. SO nauseous and my eyes were in SUCH pain!!!! The most intense throbbing in my temples. Came home from school and fell asleep at 5. Didn’t wake up ‘til 10 and moved from the couch to the bed and passed out. Any tips for stopping a migraine before it starts?! If this is a ... Read More
What’s the Buzz?
SO. I know I’m not the only one. Who else has their countdown on? 38 days for us. Not that I’m keeping track. But yes…38 days. I can smell summer in the air. Speaking of summer, I started a new workout program(ish). I’ve been getting up every morning and working out here at the house before school starts for a while now. I was using a few different videos, but after being inspired by my beautiful best friend {you have GOT to read her story HERE! Her progress pictures are INSANE!!!} I decided to try something new! Last week I started Les Mills Pump. I am in LOVE. I ... Read More
Hey, Little Ant!
I’ve been slacking on remembering to bring my camera to school, so I keep forgetting to snap some pics of what we’ve been up to! We’ve been goin’ buggy these last couple of weeks and I just wanted to quickly share some of our writing “ant”ics :) We started our little insect unit learning about our favorite little picnic pests. We read a few little non-fiction books about ants and then followed it up with one of the cutest fiction stories, “Hey, Little Ant” by Phillip and Hannah Hoose. LOVE this book!! We did a little response to text writing craftivity to pull it all together. Y’all…these crack me RIGHT up!!!! ... Read More
Recap.
My life seems to be moving in fast forward right now, so I’m doing good just to “rewind” and recap all the fun we’re having in Kindergarten! Last week was B-U-S-Y. So here goes… We started our week with “Kite Day”! The kids made kites in art class, so the whole campus {all Kindergarten} took a little time out of our day to fly our kites. It was the most perfect, windy day! Couldn’t have asked for better!!! Thank you, God for that BEAUTIFUL day! We mixed a little kite and Easter fun in our literacy and math tubs. The kids did awesome! Top left writing activity via Sarah Cooley ... Read More
The Plants Dance
I don’t really have a “plants dance” to share with you, but the words rhymed and I’m all about “catchy”, so I went with it. Happy Sunday, friends! Can you even believe Easter is next week?! Where’d the time go?!?! I have NO idea, but I’m not complaining! This just means we’re a little closer to summer! Woot!! Speaking of Easter, I’m home today and my laminator *might* need to be replaced after all the use it’s been getting this weekend! HA! Here’s what I’m prepping…. What do you have in store for the week?!!? This past week, we learned ALL about plants!!!!! And I don’t want to ... Read More
Party Rockin’ In Kindergarten
Hands down, Kindergarten writing is my favorite. I love the way the kids stretch out their sounds, and the way they organize their thinking and then translate that to writing just kills me. This *might* be my favorite writing to date!! Haha!!! “I’m so sorry Mrs. Carroll. I’m sorry for party rockin’. Do you like George Strait?” #partyrockininkindergarten #neverlaughedsohard #georgestraitismyhero In other news, I don’t get the hashtag, but all the cool kids are doing it so I thought I’d join in :) ***************************************************** For those of y’all asking about my ... Read More
Can I Get a YEE HAW?!
For those of y’all that live in Texas, you know how crazy we are about our state. For those of you that don’t live here…I’m sorry ;) HA! I kid! Sort of…but seriously…you must know that us Texans are PROUD to call Texas our home. Honestly, I can’t imagine living anywhere else…except maybe Hawaii…or a remote island in the middle of the Caribbean…cabana boy optional ;) We spent the last week before Spring Break celebrating all things Texas. While a certain Doctor was celebrating his Seussy-ness, we were knee deep in Texas symbols, Armadilly Chili, and lots of country music :) Our precious music teacher ... Read More
Five for Friday
I’m linking up with Doodle Bugs on this very last day of my oh-so glorious Spring Break to bring you a whole lot of randomness. I have loved EVERY single minute of this break albeit insanely busy. I had big plans to do a whole lot this week, but home improvement projects kept us at home pretty much the entire time. 1. You would’ve had to see the before to appreciate the *almost* after. We had this NASTY carpet on the stairs and in the big room upstairs that was completely stained and gross from the cat that lived here before us. The hardwoods have been installed and I’m ECSTATIC to tell you there is NO MORE ... Read More
I’m Goin’ To Chicago…Who’s Comin’ With Me?! {& Some Math Tub Fun}
I got a little email from SDE back in December asking if I’d be interested in presenting at The Extraordinary Educators Conference this summer. Ummm. Let’s see. My first thought was, “ohmiword…bless their hearts. They emailed the wrong person.” Second thought…after realizing it was, indeed, addressed to me…was “ohmiword. Why would they POSSIBLY think I have anything to offer?!?!?” I had a range of other thoughts as well, but for brevity’s sake, I won’t share those with you ;) HA! Seriously though. Oh.MY.WORD. For real?!?! To be sitting in the same ballpark as some of these ... Read More
