Motivating, encouraging, and celebrating life
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure policy for more details here. Photo by Zachary Nelson on Unsplash I was one of those principals who loved learning about temperament or character types. If you’ve been in the educational profession for any length of time you’ve taken them. Most tests have four different types (although the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® MBTI test® has 16). Perhaps you know
During my elementary school teaching years, I worked with students that came from great families and unfortunately some that did not. I had students that heard more negative than positive comments in their lives…and much worse. At times, my elementary age students would get grumpy and say something ugly (a Texas word for bad) to a classmate. I would tell them something along the lines
My Momma was a beautiful person…inside and out. In most of the pictures of her, she is wearing a smile. In life, she taught my siblings and me how to smile, how to laugh (even when things weren’t going our way) and definitely how to have a sense of humor. She modeled that one well! She also taught us how to enjoy the little things.
Years ago I heard about a leader that would greet her staff with “Happy National ______ Day!” and hand them a piece of gum, sticker, or a small token to commemorate the holiday. I could imagine walking into her building with an expectation of celebrating something fun no matter how small…or how momentary. Different and FUN are my two reasons for the creation of the
The creative and humorous lady in the picture above was my librarian, Lori. The library took on amazing transformations through her giftedness. Parents, staff, and kids absolutely loved her. This BEACH theme was incorporated in the last few weeks of school to get everyone ready for summertime. I want to show you Lori’s ideas that transformed the library and also a couple of ideas to
Art Linkletter was a radio and television host in the 1950s through the 1970s. One of his lasting legacies was the entertaining interviews with children that would appear on a 15-minute segment of his program entitled Kids Say the Darndest Things. (Not the “dandiest”.) When I first became a teacher, I bought a journal to write down the cute and funny sayings that would come
School is out and summertime is here! Are you ready to spend more time with your kids? For those of you who just screamed, “NOOOOOOO!”, hold on, I’ve got a few ideas for you. 🙂 Planning Your Days It’s easy to get stressed about being home with the kids all summer…unless you have a plan. It doesn’t have to be a detailed plan at all.
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure policy for details here. 2020 is a year most people will not forget…but many would like to. History will proclaim it as the year the pandemic hit. A run on toilet paper, masks (of many types), virtual school, six-feet apart social distancing, and stay-at-home orders was just the tip of the iceberg. My husband Gene
The love of my earthly life moved into his heavenly home 12-13-2022. Since Gene passed away, surprisingly, I rarely feel lonely. I have Jesus to talk to. And I’ve been talking a lot…day in and day out…pretty much non-stop! I told Him that I was doing all the talking and it would be nice if He would tell me what I’m supposed to be doing
Appreciating, celebrating, and boosting staff morale has always been a passion for me. I’ve had so much fun putting together the files for School Appreciation Days (see below). Your maintenance workers, paraprofessionals, school nurse, and many more are included. In each download you find innumerable ways to appreciate, personalize, and give gifts to show school personnel how much they are loved in an inexpensive way!
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure policy for more details here. Photo by Zachary Nelson on Unsplash I was one of those principals who loved learning about temperament or character types. If you’ve been in the educational profession for any length of time you’ve taken them. Most tests have four different types (although the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® MBTI test® has 16). Perhaps you know
If you’ve visited this page previously, I’ve changed it up! I’m attaching a link to a FREEBIES category so that you can add to the cart and then have unlimited downloads for that product. That way I can update the items along the way without you losing the link. I hope that makes sense! And if it doesn’t, no worries…just click the link below for
