Thankful Thursday

There’s a corner of my classroom that got fuller this week. It’s the corner right behind the chair where I spend a good part of my day teaching small groups. It’s ‘Teacher Appreciation Week’ and I have truly felt appreciated in so many ways. Here  is just one of them. I work with a sassy little kindergarten student. He’s quite the competitor. One of the games we play involves using dice to teach  the ‘counting up’ strategy, one-to-one correspondence, andRead more

Wordless Wednesday

So, this little guy didn’t get to go on his field trip with his class today. He was pretty upset. Rightly so. Wasn’t because he had been disrespectful or not done homework or anything of a punitive nature. He just hadn’t brought back the permission, and we couldn’t get a hold of mom. When I went in his room, his coat was all the way over his head and he was so not happy about his plight. I wouldn’t haveRead more

Wordless Wednesday

My sweet little blogging club has been learning and writing about empathy and thinking about what it’s like to walk in another’s shoes. Love that their shoes are of all shapes, sizes, colors and styles…just like people. These feet will be moving on to another school but left their mark on me.  Thankful for the time our paths have crossed…<3Read more