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Happy Halloween! (and end of October!) As we near the end of October – you may be thinking this school year is FLYING by or you may still be drowning in all of the school priorities that take place this time of year (parent conferences, mid-semester assessments, ending of the honeymoon phase, holiday parties, campus-wide events, etc….) Either way –… Read More
Summertime has officially arrived here at the Travis house…. which means only ONE thing. The kids are going insane 😉 #kidding #notkidding We have been on summer break now for 3 weeks…. and while I have enjoyed EVERY.SINGLE.MINUTE…. my kids are active. They are boys. They NEED to be doing something. (or they are DRIVING me crazy). They want new… Read More
Well I have officially been on summer break for TWO whole days now…. however on day one, we were in the urgent care with the youngest…. who kicked off summer with strep throat 🙁 BUT….. we are on the road to recovery so we can start enjoying the perks of summer now! —– For the last two years, I have… Read More
Can you believe that we are already talking about Earth Day? Yes… the end of April will be upon us soon! Earth day is such a great opportunity to share all about our Earth, taking care of our Earth, recycling, and all things in between! However…. some of these concepts can be a bit tricky for our younger friends! … Read More
Let me just say….. we’ve officially hit Spring Fever down here in Kinder-World….. please tell me I’m not the only one. Every.Single.Day feels like the first day of school all over again! I’m telling you…. this full moon and end of year crazy vibes has the kiddos forgetting every.single.thing that they had learned about following directions and behavior! Can I… Read More
Welcome to February sweet friends! Man…. January just slipped right in and back out again. It seems like we JUST had Christmas! We are getting our feet pretty wet in the world of Guided Reading down in the world of kindergarten! We don’t really start our full on guided reading until January, mainly focusing on small intervention groups… Read More
Is this a blog? Am I blogging? It’s been well over a month since my last blogging adventure (I apologize for that!) but with a few SDE conferences, the holidays, and everyday life as a mom, wife, and teacher…. blogging somehow got put on the backburner! November and December were both packed full of conferences, starting with the I Teach… Read More
See that title….. that’s right… we about to head into my FAVORITE month of the year! DECEMBER…. here we come (full of high-energy kids who completely forgot the classroom rules after Thanksgiving break… but that’s ok!) I absolutely love THEME teaching… and the holidays are the perfect time to do that and incorporate your favorites themes with the content you… Read More
It’s Thursday…. it’s Fall… yet down here in Texas, you wouldn’t know by the 93 degree temps outside! (I’m trying to be really patient to bust out my sweaters and booties for Fall!) We did manage to have a pretty good cold front come through today though…. which may explain the unusual crazy wild behavior lately (and don’t forget the full… Read More
Happy Monday! It’s the start of week 4 for me and it’s officially time to get down to business! The honeymoon stage is over (long gone!), the students are completely comfortable in the classroom, and we are knee deep into the curriculum now! (with a few procedures and routines on repeat!) I really (like Really Really) am ready to get… Read More
