I have a new plan.  If I start a post with the words BASEMENT TIP, you know I’m going to suggest a prop you might be able to use to spice up your teaching.  If I ever figure out how to create a virtual tour of the basement, you’d know long I could keep this [...]

How many people are asked to give tours of their basements at staff parties?  I may be the only one.  Mention my basement to anyone who knows me and they will almost always laugh and say “What don’t you have down there?”  You really have to see it to believe it.  I have alphabetized shelves [...]

I just found something way cool at Lakeshore Learning.  Under their free resources tab, you can click on classroom designer. This takes you to an interactive classroom where you can move around desks, tables etc. to come up with a classroom design you like.  You can look at sample designs and choose designs by grade level. [...]

It’s time to launch this blog seriously.  That’s what I’ve been saying for a month and now I’m ready and Erin (my daughter) is, too.
I think it’s a bit like the first time you go to a foreign country to use the language you’ve been studying for years.  If you think you have to have [...]