One of my students is seven. We use manipulatives for math…I’m not very good with them but she is a…
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Enchanted, Delighted and Dazzled…
I love substituting at McKinney Christian Academy and calling it home every so often. My three favorite places on campus…
Happy Birthday Daughts…
Many Happy Returns of the Day Daughts! Twenty-seven already and it seems like only yesterday that Dr. Staub was uncharacteristically…
What a Note to End On…
I subbed for choir just before Thanksgiving. “As long as there is a class leader,” I said, “I can’t play…
Inspiration…
The classroom wall I sat opposite this morning, while my students (for the day) read through and answered questions on…
Are Things So Different?…
Decades ago when I first graduated from the University of London, I worked some of my probationary year in a…
Out of the Mouths of Babes…
Last Thursday I went into school to teach fourth grade. By now I had taught second and fifth grade and…
The Hazard of Not Writing…
My occasional job is finally taking its rightful place in my life. Much as I dislike schedules and time keepers…
Waiting To Teach…
I tell you, this substitute teaching lark is causing restless nights. Not because I’ve taught…yet… But because I gave the…
Birthday Gift Simon…
It’s March and along with clocks going forward, Palm Sunday and the end of Lent my youngest son turns another…