There’s no place like home

Really, no matter what happens, there is no place like home. Home is where the heart is. But what if your heart is in many places? Ah, that shouldn’t be a problem. That’s a blessing. (Who are the Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion, Toto, and Glynda in your life?)

Weekend Routines: Paul LeClerc

Oh it’s been *ages* since I last had a perfect weekend routine! Because Paul LeClerc seems to have a perfect-to-me Sunday routine, can I swipe his? I’ll take that bread, snack, and dessert, too, yes, thank you very much. Quite possibly my favorite part of his Sunday: BOOKS AND A SNACK We always stop by [...]

Beautiful Butterfly

A Beautiful Butterfly is one of my favorite books at school. A little caterpillar must eat certain foods to become a certain color butterfly.  I read it mostly with the 2-4 year olds, but I also find excuses to read it with my elementary school-aged students. The younger learners love shouting out the butterfly colors, [...]

The most useful gift

You want your child to be kind, generous, confident, and a whole bunch of other things, right? Your fairy godmother could give your child many of these qualities. Which quality would you consider the most useful gift? Eleanor Roosevelt (I think, but I’m not sure) said, I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother [...]

Career Day

If I ruled the world, I would make fighting countries sit in a hot springs bath and eat blueberry muffins until everyone calmed down. I want to try being: a construction worker a mail carrier a bus driver a residential waste collector a bread baker Then I would go back to being happy teacher me. [...]