Scholastic Book Fair
This afternoon I went to the elementary school Scholastic book fair. The smell of the books, journals and rubbery pencil erasers is definitely a core memory for me! I’ve always […]
Tag Archives: education
Cardboard, Newspaper and Flour
Last year my big kid set a BIG goal. Take a trip to Poland with Global Volunteers (https://globalvolunteers.org) and teach English to Ukrainian refugee children. While the actual teaching of […]
Creativity Bursts
It seems like no matter what the task is I often tackle it in bursts. Focused time where I bust through a task without distractions. This works well for me […]
Private School vs Public
I’ve been quite lately simply because we are in way over our heads in work load. Anniversary of our daughters death, private school tours and applications, not to mention financial […]
Positive Discipline
Every 5 years teachers have to take 15 credits to renew their teaching certificates here in Washington State, I’ve got another year to work on it but with a busy […]
Geo Boards
Looking for a fun and inexpensive way to work with your child to help them learn their shapes? Or properties of shapes? Try a geo board. They are super simple […]
Robot Games
Working on some new robot sight word games for kids in first grade! Super excited by it. Hopefully posted to my etsy shop by this evening. Check out some of […]
Inspiration
I seem to have my best ideas at the most inopportune moments, driving in the car, engaged while playing with our son, in the middle of cooking dinner. I try […]
Dolch Sight Word Game
Today we attended a birthday party for one of my son’s friends who was turning four. We had a great time at one of the local parks here in Seattle […]
What’s in a name?
I love to hear the story behind how people choose names…. Names for babies, names for business, names for blogs, even the name they give their boat, car, scooter, bike…. […]
ME inspired Crafts 
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