I love Sunday nights....but I dislike them just the same!  The weekend is over.  Time with my family is over. But...I also get ready for my other family....my other 20 children :)This past week we put our Halloween centers into full swing!  I love the holiday season because it's so easy to create a theme!  We will continue with our Halloween centers this week and the students ... read more

Happy Fall!!October is in full swing and I am loving it!  Fall is my favorite time of year, not only for the holidays and food, but we also learn some of my favorite concepts during the fall! This past week we were all about blends! Each day we focused on a new set of blends, covering s-blends, r-blends, and l-blends! Do you have the set of Phonics Tales books?  They are great for ... read more

Another week down!  Can you believe we are already half way through September?! We are about to head into my favorite time of year.... full of holidays and fun activities, but first we have to get through these weeks!This past week we had so much fun with rhyming!! Have you ever read "Rhyming Dust Bunnies" ?  It is a hilarious rhyming story and the kids *LOVE* it!!  (Yes, we read it ... read more

Happy Saturday!Two weeks of school have FLOWN by!  (I guess it helps with a 4-day week last week!)  But looking ahead, I can't believe we are about to begin our 3rd week of school! I have a great group of firsties this year and we have been having so much fun!  In the past two weeks, we have been working so hard on our alphabet and numbers!  (I love the first week or two ... read more

Whew! One week down....and a lot more to go!  I must say, this past week was one of my favorite first weeks that I've ever had!  I think I have a really great group of kiddos this year and we sure worked hard this past first week! I wrote about some of the crafts we would be doing, and we did do our Kissing Hand craft!  We read the book and discussed all of our feelings on the first ... read more