teacher mom blog

A Farmer’s Life for Us!

Owen’s been begging to start a garden. While browsing through Tractor Supply yesterday I spotted the Miracle-Gro Root Viewer Rainbow Carrot kit.

While we are still planning on planting an outside garden with him, I thought this would be a neat experience.

We had so much fun putting this together this morning!! I mean who doesn’t love dirt?!?! They got the biggest kick out of adding the water to the dirt and watching it grow.

Both kiddos had awesome questions about how much water, how long they would take to sprout, & where the perfect spot with enough sunlight would be. I love watching them learn through exploring.
I can’t wait to see if we end up with purple carrots! 💜💜💜💜

No Blue Moon Blues Here!

With it being the Super Blue Blood Moon, I didn’t have high expectations for today’s lesson. However, I was pleasantly surprised. We covered comparing and contrasting using the Three Little Pigs by Barry Moser and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka. Monday I read the Three Little Pigs aloud, then Tuesday I read The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.

Today each student drew a Venn Diagram in their writing notebook and filled it out independently. Next, We played musical partners. I played Happy by Pharrell Williams as the students walked around with their writing notebook. Once the music stopped the students had to find a partner to share with. We played about three rounds then came back together whole group to make a classroom anchor chart of our Venn Diagram.

They did so well, and even came up with a few that I didn’t think of!

Of course with my afternoon class, the fire alarm went off as soon as we started the anchor chart. But, hey if I’ve learned anything from the last 7 years of being in a classroom it’s to be flexible!

Furbaby Blues!

I love our dogs. They’re treasured members of our family. But, they can be huge jerks sometimes. I don’t know why I was shocked to come home last week to the third dog bed shredded in two months. After a long day at school I just wanted to come home, finish lesson plans, grade a few papers, and hang out in my pajamas. The last thing I had on my mind was picking up fluff out of every crevice of the house.

While I was tired of cleaning, I didn’t want them to have to sleep on the hard floor either. After research and word of mouth, we decided to try Coolaroo Elevated Bed. So far we’ve been so impressed! We purchased the large bed so they could share. It was super easy to assemble. It only took about 5 minutes to put together, and is much sturdier than I expected. Our red heeler, Rosie, jumped right on without a second thought. Cash, our 9 year old bugg, was a bit more apprehensive at first. He had to think about about it and consider all his options. However, after he finally decided to give it a try. He didn’t have any trouble getting up, it’s now his new favorite spot.

I plan on buying another one for the back porch during the summer months when they spend more time outside.

But, the best part is it’s still in one piece!