I'm a member of several teacher groups on social media, many of them created last spring when so many of us were sent home to teach on-s...

I'm a remote learning kindergarten teacher this year.  In my district, this means that I will still report to my school building each da...

When I began my teaching career in 1994, Kindergarten Cop , starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, had already been seen in theaters.  For whateve...

Regular visitors to the blog know that I tend to get my craft groove on at home as well as at school. Away from the hustle and bustle ...

Teachers, if you are needing to share a link with parents/colleagues on how to handle tragic events in the news, here's one from The Fre...

Odd day. Not bad, but not "usual" either. ~ Dear Daughter's school was evacuated today after a bomb threat was received and a...

Watching and listening to TED Talks periodically does (for me) exactly what Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi discusses in his presentation about cre...

Blogging for almost two years now, I’ve read with great interest those posts by favorite authors (bloggers, whichever you prefer) that pop u...

After the first two weeks of school, my classroom aide told me "You know, you are a good teacher." As she has an early childhood/p...

More self-reflection and "A-ha" moments for me: ~ I'm not a teacher who can hang out in the teachers' lounge. Visit on oc...

I've caught myself in a state of self-reflection again, this time in regard to my presence out here on the web. I've read the newest...

...there's no place like home! And "home" is a classroom in Kansas! I had my very first phone interview yesterday afternoon, a...

Oh, how I wish I was referring to chocolate, cookies, anything other than teaching. I've been a bit torn lately in fact, because I'...

Before becoming an Army Wife, images of herding large groups of five year olds to and from centers, art lessons, the gym, lunch, and recess ...

Jim Horn at Schools Matter discusses Testing and the Death of Play , quoting a Morning Edition Story on NPR : "Guess what? Play is requ...

Potato soup this morning for breakfast. Thick, hearty, peppery (added by me) with a toasted onion bagel and my sore throat is feeling so...

A former colleague of mine is now on maternity leave after the much-anticipated arrival of her daughter. My friend has been preparing her c...

I was reading Science Goddess' " More Isn't Always Better " post this morning and her thoughts took me down the road of i...