The Personal Blog of a Gen X Mom.
Last Thursday my students put on the reading fair at our school. Participation was optional and we ended up with around 50 reading fair projects, which was great. Their enthusiasm was amazing and they were so proud of their storyboards. I was View Post
Although I have been an elementary school librarian for six years, two weeks ago I held my first ever Scholastic Book Fair. I’d always wanted to do a book fair, but didn’t think I could quite guarantee it would be a success. View Post
Good Sunday morning! We woke up to a very, very light dusting of snow here. I think we actually got more a week or so ago than this. Still, it was pretty to watch it fall for a little bit. I used to love snow days until about 5 years ago. The View Post
Making an edible plant cell project might sound like a time consuming project to take on at first, but they are easy to make. It's also a fun way to learn the parts of a plant. My son had to make this edible plant cell for a classroom project in View Post
This post was sponsored by Massage Envy as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central. This time of the school year is always very hectic for me. Along with maintaining my classroom and library, I’m also adding in the extra View Post
Friday at 3:15 PM, my 9 day Thanksgiving holiday break from work started and, let me tell you, I was TOO excited to see it coming. I’ve been very busy at work organizing two closets in my library, lesson planning, the usual classroom work, and also View Post
Wow! It seems like ever since the Thanksgiving holidays ended we have been in turbo holiday mode around our house! We have had so much happening and I have had so many things to keep up with that, now that my Christmas break from work is here, my View Post
A couple of weeks ago, our town had the privilege of hosting the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall. Our local American Legion post, which we are members of, had a big hand in bringing this to our town, so we made plans to attend the opening ceremony. View Post
After last week's post, I finally had my "Get it together, girl!" moment and have become a little more productive. I just wanted to say a sincere thank you to those who left encouraging comments. It really meant so much, and it makes blogging so View Post
Spring Break 2023 is officially in the books! Not that we did anything terribly exciting. The weather was just super rainy and cold here. We planned an excursion requiring a few hours of outside time, but we decided to postpone that until the View Post
