"You can always find a distraction if you're looking for one."
-Tom Kite
My second year of teaching starts next week. I just can't believe that my first summer is already over. Although everyone says your second year is better than your first, I'm still nervous that I'm not going to learn from my mistakes and will revert back to my unproductive and sometimes unhealthy habits.
I've created a list of quick crafts (shouldn't take more than an evening, and at most a weekend!) that I can revert back to when I'm in need of a distraction from school. I've set it as my desktop background on my computer, but am also keeping the original so that I can add ideas and even cross them off as I accomplish things outside of school.
"Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language."
- Henry James
When we were planning my trip, my mom asked if there was anything that I wanted to do while I was home. My two requests were an Icee and a sno cone. It's just not summer without them! And they don't taste nearly as good in Atlanta.
In between our projects and chatting, we managed to get an Icee and even a gourmet cupcake, but the sno cone just wasn't meant to be. Although we checked several roadside stores, we found them all closed, for one reason or another.
"To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart." -Phyllis Theroux
I'm super excited to see that one of my friends, Julia Farill (the owner/designer of Red Bird Ink and the wife of my former co-worker) has a new line of stationary that she designed for Crane & Co. She's the one who helped me with design and supplies for my own wedding invitations. It looks like in a few years, I'll be able to say, "I knew her when..."
To white (but kinda worn) down comforter:
To crisp nautical stripes:
Inspired by DwellStudio's Draper Ash Stripe Duvet Set. But not thrilled with the price of that designer set. My mom and I attempted to recreate the look to better match our bedroom color scheme. Still need to recover the throw pillows. Maybe with this pattern or this.
My second year of teaching starts next week. I just can't believe that my first summer is already over. Although everyone says your second year is better than your first, I'm still nervous that I'm not going to learn from my mistakes and will revert back to my unproductive and sometimes unhealthy habits.
Any math teachers that want to share in some goodies for their classroom....?? Anyone....?? 
As the new school year creeps terrifying close, I spent today working on some new posters for my classroom walls. Solving word problems is one of the skills that my students fear the most. When they see words in math class, their minds shut down. 
So, to combat that stumbling block, I've created these great posters to hang on the wall. I'll print them out as 16x20 poster prints from Sam's Photo Center, and then probably laminate them before they go up on the walls. I'll probably create a graphic organizer handout that looks similar when we reach this specific concept.
Feel free to right-click, save, print, and use in your own classroom.
