Spring Break Goodness

I know I can't be the only one about to burst through the roof with excitement for spring break. Don't get me wrong.. I LOVE my job and my kids but phew! This 9 weeks has me ready for a break. 

{Sidenote}.. If you didn't notice my beautiful blog remodel, then take a look around! My totally amazing friend Jessica from Tech and Teachability did this for me and I am sooooo in love. If you have ever wanted a blog remodel, contact Jessica ASAP!! 

I won't lie.. being a mama and going back to teaching full time has totally changed my perspective on the working-mom life. I have some mad respect for any mother out there who is teaching(or working any kind of job) and then coming home and being a mama. It might be the hardest thing I've ever had to do to leave my sweet boy with someone else everyday, but it's also been a good decision. Don't shoot me down here. For me, it's been good to remember I have a purpose other than being a mother. This profession was something I feel deeply called to do. There is nothing more satisfying than being right where God placed you. It's extremely rewarding. That being said, you better believe I race out the door at 3:15 to soak up as much time as possible with my little nugget. He's the cutest and best baby in the whole world. {I'm a little biased}

So, in honor of all those hard working peeps who are getting some time off to enjoy this beautiful weather (or possibly snow in our case), here are a few funnies to brighten your day!

Enjoy some well deserved R&R. 

xoxo

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Cheap Ideas for Engaging Your Students!

Y'all, I seriously do not know how we are already in the month of November! I feel like we were just starting school and now we are a few months in and time is FLYING by! 

I just wanted to stop in for a few **quick** tips for engaging your students. We all know how impossible it seems to create engaging lessons for our kids. It seems expensive and {quite honestly} too hard to accomplish. BUT, there are several different things you can do to engage your students on the cheap!

First, I have to say that Dollar Tree should be your best friend!! Everything is seriously a dollar (sometimes less) and is so doable on a teacher budget. I frequent Dollar Tree probably WAY more than I should! This October I went to buy some things to really engage my kids during our last week before Halloween. 

Some of the cheap things I bought were spider webs (they looked so real), streamers, candy corn, giant spiders, silly string, and supplies for a candy corn experiment. I came into school early one morning and with the help of my amazing student teacher we changed the room into a "spooky lab/classroom". This all cost me about $10. And it was so worth every penny! 

We put up the spider webs all over the room and hung streamers from the ceiling. I played some spooky (kid friendly) Halloween music in the background via Spotify and we had a blast! The kids were so engaged as we did our candy corn experiments. I loved hearing them speak in terms I typically would not have heard! It was a great time to bring some science into our day and to get them thinking. 

Now, this next idea is just ingenious. I have some seriously talented teacher friends who are kind enough to share their awesome ideas with me. This one came from one of my teaching BFF's Natalia. If you don't follow her on Instagram (@tictacteach123) or TpT you should go do that now! She came up with the idea to tell the kids to close their eyes and pretend they woke up stuck in a spider web. The kids had to write about what that would be like and think of questions to ask a spider. When the kids had their eyes closed and were envisioning themselves in a spider web she suddenly said wake up and sprayed them with silly string (which feels so much like being stuck in a spider web!). My kids went absolutely nuts over this. It created lots of interest for writing and was so easy for me to do! Here are some pictures from one of our days! :)

Y'all stay tuned.. I'm sure I will be back with some Dollar Tree goodness for November! Happy Teaching! <3

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