In nursery, Annie has been learning the Baby Bumblebee song.  It was no surprise when she was digging through the closet and found Hudson’s old bee costume.  She thinks its great and she walks around in it all the time.  Here are her attempts at the song.

The teacher in me snuck out for a brief moment the other day…at least long enough to hang a 100s chart in Hudson’s closet.  So many of my students while I was teaching struggled with number sense.  They had difficulty figuring out how numbers were related and what patterns could be found.  The teacher in [...]

So I might go as far to liken our home during the day to that of a B-rated Kung Fu Movie.  Hudson and I very much enjoy engaging in fake Kung Fu fighting.  Of course I have to sing the song as we play.  I wonder what the flies on the wall are thinking…crazy humans! [...]

Every year when January 1st comes busting in the back door, I always try to hide.  I think I am terrified of New Year’s Resolutions.  Don’t get me wrong.  I love setting goals.  They feel fabulous once they have been accomplished.  Usually, I have goals running all year long and when January hits the last [...]

Recently, I read, The Invention of Hugo Cabret.  It was a really fun fast read.  It is an upper grade children’s book, maybe 4th grade reading level.  Anyway, I digress.  On originality, the book takes the cake.  It is written partly as a movie script/narrative, part book and part film strip.  The book was inspired [...]