Pull the string down, and watch the toy go up! Fun and simple mechanical toy you can build with materials you probably already have in your basement.
Homemade Rope-Climbing Toy
Play This, Skip That: Free Math Apps
As a math and technology teacher, I love using digital resources to help kids engage with math topics. Unfortunately, there is a veritable sea of math apps available, and most of them are absolute swill. Learn from my mistakes and check
Why I Quit
I’m throwing in the towel. Here’s why.
Rein in the Chaos: Toys
The topic of organizing our kids’ million and one toys seems to come up constantly in my Instagram mom chats, so I thought I’d take today to share a few thoughts on the subject. First, you should know that I
Little Green Thumb: Gardening with a Preschooler
One of our big summer goals for this year has been keeping a vegetable garden. We tried last year but without much success (weeds, squash bugs, some kind of hex on our peppers…), so we are being more deliberate and
A Fierce Independence
A bit of wisdom from Maria Montessori today: “Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.” For our older son, that’s basically every task now. Last month he hit three and dove headfirst into
Reclaim Your Commute
Currently, my boys and I drive forty minutes to and from school each day. Most of that is highway driving, so accidents and bad weather can add up to an hour. To get the most out of that time, we
Detail-Oriented
When kids are taught in rooms of twenty or thirty, a lot gets glossed over. Teacher doesn’t often notice whether Bobby makes his O’s clockwise or Susie adds the tens place before the ones. These seemingly harmless oversights not only
The Beginning
I am a mom of two very young boys, as well as a mathematics teacher at a small Catholic elementary school. While I have always enjoyed teaching other people’s children, my true love is working with my own kids and