This was a fun, hands-on, run-around-the-classroom-'cause-it's-the-end-of-the-day activity that I did with my first grade class this year. We were working on adjectives and adjective ordering. I gave each of the students 5 post-it notes and told them to pick any 5 objects in the room and describe them using two words. Then, they could label… Continue reading Teaching Adjectives: Post-it Notes
Project Organization: Counter/Desk organizers
I'd been hearing my co-workers at school talk about these organizers for the bathroom that are made of plates, saucers, and candlesticks. Since it's Christmas vacation and they had really good deals at GoodWill (and I needed an organizer for my counter)... I made one too. I started with this: I had some burnished copper… Continue reading Project Organization: Counter/Desk organizers
Won By Waiting: a thought on suffering
I recently finished reading Won by Waiting by Edna Lyall (published in 1879) after I found it at a used book store. Not all people will enjoy this book, but I highly recommend it, especially to L.M. Montgomery and Gene Stratton Porter fans. The book is based around one family - and one girl in… Continue reading Won By Waiting: a thought on suffering
Bringing Fall Inside
With 4 school days left until Christmas vacation, a post on Fall decorations may not be timed well... but since it's been cooking in the back of my mind for about a month, I figured it was better to post it now than never. (we actually put up Christmas decorations the weekend before Thanksgiving) :)… Continue reading Bringing Fall Inside
Saturday Song: Sweet Hour of Prayer
This week I came across this prayer in the Valley of Vision book of Puritan prayers. O Lord, in prayer I launch far out into the eternal world, and on that broad ocean my soul triumphs over all evils on the shores of mortality. Time, with its gay amusements and cruel disappointments never appears so… Continue reading Saturday Song: Sweet Hour of Prayer
We give thanks…
I thank Thee for the temporal blessings of this world—the refreshing air, the light of the sun, the food that renews strength, the raiment that clothes, the dwelling that shelters, the sleep that gives rest, the starry canopy of night, the summer breeze, the flowers' sweetness, the music of flowing streams, the happy endearments of… Continue reading We give thanks…
Saturday(ish) Song: Do Everything by Steven Curtis Chapman
Since yesterday got completely away before I even thought about blogging, I'm posting Saturday's song tonight before Sunday gets away. :) Tonight as I was working on lesson plans for this week and getting distracted by different things, like keeping the vegetable soup (this week's make-ahead lunch) from boiling over, I discovered this song (click… Continue reading Saturday(ish) Song: Do Everything by Steven Curtis Chapman
Waiting…
One of the themes that has resurfaced during our study in the first part of Isaiah is that of waiting. In chapter 8, Isaiah writes, "I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him." People who read this (even today) would be… Continue reading Waiting…
Saturday Song: The Word is Alive
I heard this song -- The Word is Alive -- by Casting Crowns for the first time earlier this week. It is a great reminder that the Word preached is alive and powerful. It doesn't depend on our own power to teach, but on the power of the Holy Spirit. For the word of God… Continue reading Saturday Song: The Word is Alive
This Small Classroom: Letter Cubes
This Thursday when I was at the Dollar Store, I came across these packages of foam cubes. They are 50 for $1. I got three and I think I'm going back for three more. There are so many good things these could be used for, but I really need letter tiles at this point for… Continue reading This Small Classroom: Letter Cubes
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