Nature is both fascinating and a little bit disgusting. I recently attached a bird feeder to our deck. I can see the feeder from my office window, and it’s lovely to watch the different birds and chipmunks throughout the day. For the last few mornings, however, I’ve gone out to fill the feeder and found…
When I was little, I was pretty iffy on the whole “Santa and his flying reindeer” thing. My parents never dissuaded me from believing, so I guess I was a natural-born skeptic. To be clear, none of this was due to a lack of imagination on my part—I had plenty of that! But that imagination…
January is National Soup Month, which isn’t surprising since the month tends to be chilly. I love soup! It’s usually simple to make and the leftovers last quite awhile. Tonight, taco soup is on the menu. It involves opening a lot of cans and dumping them into a soup pot. It doesn’t get any easier…
I love a good booklet that teaches print concepts as well as other required skills. And these booklets are super helpful because you can download them and send them to parents for youngsters to complete while staying at home. Check out two of my favorite booklets that are perfect for spring. Here’s a busy…
Today is Speak in Complete Sentences Day. (Honestly, my teacher friends, I can’t make this stuff up.) I don’t know who came up with this holiday, but it makes it sound like the remaining 364 days can be spent grunting monosyllables. Of course to teachers, every day is Speak in Complete Sentences Day! And that’s why…