Pinterest: Is it an addiction or a potential path to better teaching?
I've discovered Pinterest! It is a guilty pleasure at the end of a long day to scroll through image after image of beautiful things and nice ideas. It's like an ever evolving magazine on steroids that I can "rip" pages out of to keep AND contribute to if I am so...
Every day is a new day!
Each morning after breakfast duty, I run up to the office to help my 5th grade helpers as they do the announcements. Then I run back to my classroom just in time to greet my first class of the day which is always kindergarten. I think that kindergarten is great in...
After school is where it starts
What a pleasant way to end the day. One of my Melody Soup kids told me ” I had lots of fun making soup today….. I guess we are lucky because the other kids after school don’t get to make music soup.” I like that!
‘Tis the Season
There is something about spring that makes me think about fall. Like clockwork, when I start preparing my spring choir concert and 5th grade graduation prep, my mind immediately starts playing the "next year" game. Next year - I'll start recorders sooner Next year -...