It takes a ton of school supplies to keep a classroom running for an entire year. Although many teachers provide a list for parents at the start of the year, you’re lucky if those supplies make it to Winter Break. And while we’d like to think that schools furnished the materials each classroom needs, that is… Read More 11 School Supplies on Every Teacher’s Wish List
We buy raisins almost every week and literally go through them like candy. They are for sure a favorite snack in our home. Well, I went a little overboard with fruit at Belly’s birthday party last month and we ended up with way more grapes than we could ever eat. I decided that it was… Read More How to Make Raisins with Your Kids
Kindergarten Has Changed Today, five-year-olds are held to much higher expectations than you can imagine. There are rigorous standards, longer school days, more standardized testing, larger class sizes, and less recess and free time than kindergarten students in history have ever had. There’s a huge emphasis on academic achievement and not much time allotted for… Read More Is Your Child Ready for Kindergarten? Here’s Real Advice from Real Teachers
For week two of homeschooling, our theme was “Green Eggs and Ham“! This has been a favorite book of Goose’s for the past few months and I knew we had to include it. In addition to trying our green eggs and ham recipe, we studied the letter S, the number two, and circles and ovals.… Read More Green Eggs and Ham Recipe
When I asked Goose if she wanted to start “home school”, her answer was an enthusiastic YES! In true teacher form, I sat down and drafted eight weeks of instruction designed specifically for her. My tentative plan is to focus on a theme each week that incorporates one letter, one number, and one shape. We began… Read More A is for Apple
