Last week I left work on time one day and went to spend an hour getting my tootsies painted. The favorite thing is not painted tootsies, it’s taking the hour out of my day to sit and enjoy the time. I was able to let my thoughts wander or not wander. I stared out the…
I have a couple of students with Autism or Autistic-like behaviors (an actual thing when the diagnosis isn’t clear on an educational level). Without going into a long discussion (yet*), let me oversimplify by saying that some students with Autism struggle with social skills, understanding social cues and non-verbal communication, and it is quite quite…
I noticed J. nibbling at his pickles. Here is the conversation that followed (he speaks very precisely.): Me: J. Whatcha doin’? J: I am peeling my pickles. Me: How come? J: I do not like the skin. Me: That’s awesome. May I take a picture? J: Oh. Yes. Do you like it? Me: Yes. I…
I am quite certain I will have a new set of first day thoughts to share, but in the meantime I will shamelessly re-post from last year. I feel like this captures the first day for me. Originally posted August 17, 2010… Amid the hurley-burley of the new school year each little Lovie shakes out their feathers,…
I was going to title this post “god-light”. You know, the light that sometimes shines through the clouds and, some say, looks all biblical and stuff? I did a search on it, and found… well… very little that describes it as I want it described. Then I thought I’d use “A-Ha”. A search ensued, and…
This week’s quote falls In the category of things I never thought I’d need to say. The scene earlier today… A. is quite concerned. He has stuck his head through the back opening in a chair and cannot get it out. I watched him try to remove it for quite awhile (probably way longer than…
Today two of my kidlets were humming a few bars from Europe’s “Final Countdown.” A third kidlet joined in. While I was still agape (the adjective as opposed to the noun), they asked if they could listen to it. I could feel a blue-pen-cap kind of experience coming on and let it happen. The music…
All of my classrooms have a ghost. Either I have a strong link to the Other Side, or I need a patsy for the odd things that happen in my room… you can guess which one. In this classroom her name is Clementine. Way back in the olden days of yore, my aforementioned amazing cousin-friend (here and…
Ms. M: Happy Birthday R. Here’s your birthday pencil! R: Is that all? Ms. M: (gives “the look”) R: I mean thank you.
T’was the first day back from a two-week vay-cay. All the punkin’ heads were reading their books. Ms. M. notices A. leafing a little too quickly through his and questions his actions. A. replies, “I’m looking for a hyphenated modifier.” And he was! It’s a good day when one of your little turtle doves learns…
Wear The Cape 