Hello and welcome to my blog! Who am I? I am a teacher, an educator but first and foremost, I am a MOM! Teaching is my vocation, something that since a young age I desired to do. I grew up in a family of teachers. […]

I have decided to make a series of tutorial videos to help my students with math concepts. The video I am sharing today, was created during the emergency distance learning period of the last school year 2019/2020. It is a very straightforward video that explains […]

I can’t believe it has been almost 2 years since I last wrote in this blog! Life has been incredibly busy. I am now a classroom teacher (not a substitute anymore), and I am teaching grade 6 at the moment. My heart is still set […]

Summer is well on its way and the first signs of Back to School season are starting to make themselves noticed. So what does this girl do? Well, she starts dreaming of next year’s classroom and all the possibilities 🙂 As a long term supply […]

As promised, here is the second tutorial in this series. Today I bring you the reindeer ornaments. They are so cute! I hope you have as much fun making them as I did. Enjoy! The Reindeer Ornament What you need: old CDs or DVDs acrylic […]

Life as a substitute teacher has its perks. You don’t bring work home at the end of the day, you don’t have to spend countless hours planning lessons, and assessment (besides the occasional marking of worksheets) is something over which you don’t need to loose […]

Yesterday we experienced the first snowfall of this year. It was hard to look through the window in the morning and see the ground covered in white. It is a lovely sight, but when you live in a climate where snow is an everyday thing […]

Today I am writing about another one of the most well known books by Robert Munsch: The Paper Bag Princess. TITLE: The Paper Bag Princess AUTHOR: Robert Munsch ILLUSTRATOR: Michel Martchenko CATEGORY/GENRE: Picture Story Book The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch SUMMARY: The Paper Bag Princess is a sweet […]

I have always been entranced by the ideas behind Project Based Learning. However, I find that sometimes it is hard for teachers to fully explore and understand what is behind this approach. The following video is the first of a series of videos about Project […]

With Easter fast approaching,  the Internet  is full of inspiring crafts. Since this week is March break (a.k.a. spring break ), and I have a house full of children, I’ve decided to come up with something crafty and Easter related. And thus was this bunny game […]