October will be here before you know it, teacher friends! October is full of terrific themes that students love—and a great way to get activities with those themes and necessary skills are with ePackets. What’s an ePacket? It’s a small bundle of goodies from The Mailbox that you download and print. EPackets are inexpensive and…
On Wednesday this week, I’m leaving for a trip to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (the U.P.), where I’m hoping to see some fall colors and experience cooler weather. As you can imagine, we don’t have either of those things in North Carolina right now. The last I checked, the temperature in the UP was getting down…
Fall is coming! I can feel it in the air, and I can see it when I look at The Mailbox Magazine issues going live on our website September 1. (If you know me, you know that fall is my favorite season, and I end up rhapsodizing about it on the blog frequently.) So I…
Happy Fourth of July! Chances are you will see the American flag at some point today during Independence Day festivities. Did you know that the story of the current flag’s design was the result of an assignment given by a history teacher? When Alaska and Hawaii became the 49th and 50th states, the US needed…
It’s Memorial Day, teacher friends—a day of remembrance for those who have lost their lives in the United States military. With its placement at the end of May, many of us feel that Memorial Day is the unofficial beginning of summer. It’s nice to look forward to summer plans when many of you are trying…
If I see a turtle attempting to cross the road, I will pull my car over, pick it up, and give it an express trip to its destination. So that was my goal the other day when I was zooming down a four lane highway and I spied a turtle sitting on the edge of…
I live down the road from an exit to a major highway, and whenever I drive that way I’m appalled at the amount of trash people have thrown out of their car windows. To me, throwing litter into a trash can is really just the bare minimum people can do to help the planet. Clearly,…
Have you ever had an accident (egg-cident?) while making hard-boiled eggs? My husband discovered that if you forget about your eggs to the point that all the water has boiled out of the pan, then they will explode (eggs-plode?). We’re still cleaning bits of egg from the top of our cabinets. This is a word…
I recently went through some life changes that involved getting married, selling my house, and moving into my husband’s house. The result of the home sale allows me to feel more comfortable than usual about the amount of money in my bank account. I’m not flush with wealth by any means, but I am able…
Spring is coming, and you could use some fun and refreshing activities for the classroom. It’s nice to have the option to purchase small, inexpensive bundles of activities instead of an entire book. Here are my top 5 favorite ePackets for spring! (EPackets are our perfectly priced and portioned printables and activities.) Take a look: …