One of the most abundant natural resources on our school grounds is the ever versatile stick. Oh the shapes!  Oh the sizes!  Oh the possibil...

 This post is meant to be about story strolls or book pages that  follow a path through our "Northwoods" learning forest.  First, ...

 Where have I been?  My last post was December 2016.  May of 2017 I found out that my position had been cut and I was moved to first grade i...

Each year, before winter break I like to give my students a small gift, usually something to do away from school.  This year I couldn't ...

Here is a fun way to help kids create -ice word family word.  I wrote -ice on an ice scraper and the kids change the beginning sound to ma...

Another piece of the Waldorf process that I am learning about and trying to incorporate is story telling.  I differentiate this from readi...

 I teach in a traditional public school.  This year I had a really hard time getting into the groove of the new school year, particularly in...