(Nearly) Wordless Wednesday 2-1-12 – Kaitlyn The Teacher

Kaitlyn Whiteboard Family

Chris brought home a huge dry erase board someone at work didn't want anymore. Kaitlyn LOVES it. Lately she's been setting up a "class" made up of her toys, usually a bunch of Squinkies lined up facing the board. Then, she writes the "lessons" on the board!   Link up your Wordless Wednesday posts here: … [Read more...]

Wordless Wednesday – First Days of School 2010

First Day of School Boys

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Why Nathan is having his Best Year Ever

Smiling Nathan

Last night was Nathan's parent/teacher conference, and Chris and I were worried.  Last year was such a bad year for him, with a teacher who only saw his negative qualities and blamed us for everything he struggled with.  He matured a lot over the summer, but once school started, we began to see some of the same behavior as last year. Like, not bringing home his assignment book, even though there's a specific routine for getting the assignment book filled out and into backpacks. We were getting so frustrated at him for forgetting. I haven't told you about Nathan's teacher.  Our 5th and 6th grades are an Intermediate school, moving the kids from the single-classroom setting of elementary and preparing them for the multiple-class setting of  Middle School (7th and 8th grades, where Ryan is).  Teachers work in pairs, with one acting as the "home base" teacher.  One teacher covers Math & Science, the other does Social Studies & Language Arts.  Nathan has the same team of … [Read more...]