A Mom, a Teacher and a Blog! My adventures in motherhood and teaching! I am the mother to two wonderful children. C is 5 and has severe autism and seizure disorder. E is 4 and has I want to mother everyone disorder. I have been married 7 years and teaching 9. We have a pet dog named Cooper and a service dog named Happy for C. Monday, January 25, 2016. I have started another blog called Plan It, Stick It, Do It and I will be blogging there from now on! Hope to see you there! .

Sunday, September 8, 2013. As promised, I am back with a classroom tour. This was actually my classroom in May of last school year. So this is the view of the front of the class from the door. I have them sit in table groups. This is from the front door showing the back of the room. those 3 cabinets back there are the ONLY storage cabinets I have! My handsome husband lets me store things in his.

Monday, March 5, 2012. punch a hole, string them and WAA LAA! For the free printable! .

Crayons, Scissors, and Glue. Oh My! A First Grade Blog. I like easy planning, do you? Sad to say, but Christmas break is almost over. It has been glorious lounging in my pjs all day, staying up late, and enjoying all things non work related! And since I want to continue Netflix binging as long as I can, I need to get my lesson plans knocked out. I like easy planning, do you? That could.

Saturday, July 30, 2011. Do you use data notebooks? So picture this. it is the end of the year and my former intern, teaching buddy, and trusted friend came to me about a training she just went to. AND what did I do? Now, it is known and I will admit it is not one of my favorite traits but I am somewhat of a control freak. Could have handled this situation better. What kinds of things do you put in them? How much time does it take for the kids? Can they do it independently? She posted thi.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013. Buddy Reading An Egg is An Egg. Check out our towels! We are laying on the beach on beach day! Monday, January 14, 2013.

Monday, July 3, 2017. UM well actually I knew exactly where to begin because I absolutely love Melonheadz. Kidlettes and sure enough there were Sailor Kidlettes! So my Nautical Pack is finally done and EDITABLE.

All I Really Need to Know. I have been married for 17 years and have 5 great children. I have taught for 3 years now and love every minute of it. Monday, July 23, 2012. I will try to upload pictures soon to show some fo the activities. It is a huge file. I can email it to you if you have trouble. Thanks! Posted by Donna Richards. Saturday, March 10, 2012.

So I am a few days late.

Okay I have a major confession to make. It has been 2 years since I last blogged. And, I bought a new layout thinking it would push me to blog more. And I just saw that it was uploaded last week. Can I tell you how much FUN I had? My sweet little Aidan Gran.