I am now in my second year of teaching as a Special Education Teacher. I absolutely love my job and my students. Of course it is a challenge, but it is one that I enjoy very much. :)
I am also now a newlywed and a new mommy. Yep...told you it has been eventful. Here is a picture of my beautiful family:
I am trying to start my blog back up in hopes that it will give me a way to remember my more creative ideas (if I ever have any...).
Speaking of creative ideas, I have fallen in love....with a website. If you are a blogger, teacher, crafter, or just an web-surfer....you need to know about the website Pinterest. I have gotten so many ideas from this website it is ridiculous.
...Like this one: I used a garment rack I bought at Target for $10 as a chart stand! Yes...a $10 chart stand! Only teachers will be as excited about this as I was. Chart Stands are EXPENSIVE. I got so excited about the idea when I saw it that I immediately started shopping online for a garment rack. But, I couldn't find the exact one I wanted so I convinced my wonderful hubby to go shopping with me the next day...AND I FOUND IT!!! When I saw it in the store, I literally almost yelled with glee. So, I got it back to my classroom and put my pocket chart on it. It was perfect. :) When I showed it to my supervisor she was like "oh my goodness...a divider!!" I hadn't even thought of that idea!! Anyway, this idea has multiple uses and I absolutely love it.
Here's another idea I got from pinterest...Ordinal Words!! I have one student who has a goal to work on directional words (first, up, behind, etc.). One of the activities I use for this is a worksheet out of our curriculum where she has to "color the third bird, draw a circle around the first tree" etc. She has SUCH a hard time with it. After introducing this list, she has done sooo much better! She now know that "first" is the 1, "third" is 3...etc. And...it just looks beautiful. :) You can download the cards here.... Ordinal Word Cards
Thank you Doodle Bug Teaching!!! :D
Have you ever heard of Borax? Ever used it? How about for making snowflakes? I have! I did this with my students a few weeks ago. It was a bit over their head and I should have tried it before doing it with my class, but the snowflakes turned out great! :) If I did it again with the kiddos, it would be easier for me to explain what we were doing and have them help, but the first time was just too crazy. Maybe we will try again next year. For now, I will just enjoy my beautiful tree and beautiful snowflakes.
The other snowflakes you see on my tree are bubble paint. You put paint and dish soap together in a container and use a straw to blow bubbles. Then, you dip the paper into the bubbles to make a cool design. We have done this twice now. The first time we did it with fall leaves. The students really enjoy this, however, I suggest not letting them do the bubble-blowing. I was just too worried about them forgetting to blow rather than suck and accidentally drinking the paint. YIKES! :/One last thing to mention for today...I have the most wonderful aides. We help balance each other out and just work hard! My amazing and crafty classroom aide designed this beautiful snowman for our door. I originally wanted to do a present like I saw on pinterest, but decided that a snowman would be better because we could leave him up longer. I told her what I wanted and she just went to it...He even has a real scarf!!! He turned out great...check him out:
Thanks for reading! Check back soon for these upcoming posts: Handprint Calendars, Shaving Cream Snowmen, Salt Dough Ornaments, and Peppermint Sticks...lots of projects to finish this week!! Wishing you a very happy holiday season! :)
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