At dinner tonight my daughter started up a conversation about holidays and explained that Christmas is her number one.  I was not surprised ...

It's a little less than a week until Thanksgiving.  I cannot believe it.  It seems like Halloween was just last weekend.  Craziness!  We...

Do you celebrate The 50th Day of School with your students?  If not, you may want to consider marking the day with some fun learning activit...

A quarter of our year has come and gone.  The first four to five weeks are really devoted to procedures and routines in the classroom.  Of c...

Do you spend time with colors in your classroom?  Does your entire class dress in a certain color on a certain day?  Do you read color theme...

Happy Friday! I cannot believe we just wrapped up our fifth week of the new school year.  It has been a total blur.  But, things are really...

The first week of school... It's exciting.  It's nerve racking.  It's busy.  And boy, is it TIRING! The first week (o...