Motivation Magic!

Good Morning!  Einstein, my sweet cat, says “Happy Sunday!”  Of course, everyday is the sabbath for Einstein.  😉 I have a trick to keeping the classroom tidy and clean.  It works wonders!  I use two strategies – procedures and group tally marks....
Preparing For My Week

Preparing For My Week

Happy Sunday!  How is your Sunday going?  I love Sundays! I don't know about you – but Sunday is a critical day in preparing for my school week.  Here is my Sunday essentials: WEEK OF MEALS:  I plan, shop, and cook my entire week of breakfast and lunches!  This...
Self-Care

Self-Care

Photo taken at Ten Thousand Waves Spa, 10/29/10 It has been a difficult week.  My daughter, a teacher herself, has had an unusual onset of numbness on the left side of her body.  She is undergoing testing and we are confident we will find the cause.  But it reminded...
Sipping Education

Sipping Education

“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel” Socrates Recently a friend of mine told me she had roasted her own coffee.  Immediately, I was going to try it myself.  As an avid and committed coffee drinker, I love the process of making coffee. ...