Verse to ponder: Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the … Read more
I quit teaching in the face-to-face high school classroom in April of 2011. It dawned on me the other day that I’ll finish up FOUR years of being at home with my kids this coming summer, and that I’ve missed an entire class (freshman to senior) of students at the high school. The only reason … Read more
The Animal likes to color. He loves to write his numbers and letters in every color he can find and then “trace them” (this is how he says “erase them”) and start over. We have been playing with a new app, Live Colors for Kids. This app is geared toward preschoolers (under age 5), so … Read more
Disclosure: I got this product as part of an advertorial. At our house, Game Night is always fun. Miss Sassy Pants has always enjoyed trying out our “old” games — Scrabble, Life, Guess Who, and Pictionary are frequent fliers. We have the most fun playing games that really challenge us and make us compete with … Read more
A little over three years ago, I quit teaching in the face-to-face world. I was hugely pregnant with my second child, and I could barely walk. My husband and friends urged me to go ahead and take the remainder of the school year for my maternity leave. Spring Break was late that year, so the … Read more
For as long as I can remember, being a teacher was all I wanted to do with my life. I forced my younger brother to play school (he agrees now that it’s probably why he’s so smart), made fake worksheets to fill out for my fake students, and received old workbooks from my elementary school … Read more
I have a Bachelor’s in English and a Master’s in English Education. I’m not just tooting my own horn but sharing because language is one of my favorite things. I’m the dork who owns several dictionaries and will spend time just looking through them to find the origins of a word or the preferred pronunciation. … Read more
We spend a lot of time on the iPad when the Animal and I are hanging out. He loves it. He loves feeling so big and independent. Lately, he’s learned how to play Angry Birds, take a video of himself, and shoot a selfie. That’s why Aaron and I strive to make sure that we … Read more
We watch a lot of YouTube in our house, lately. The Animal is 2 and a half, and he can control the iPad on his own. Since he was about 8 months old, we’ve been showing him kids’ videos on YouTube. I would venture to guess that these videos are partially responsible for the fact … Read more
I’m playing along with Blogger Idol’s Play-at-Home. This week, the prompt is to write about a Hot Topic in under 800 words and include pictures. A while back, I posted a tutorial on using Bitstrips. That was, like, 9 months ago. I taught my readers how to create a Bitstrip for the purpose of either … Read more