The Education of the Educator
Blog URL http://www.educatortimestwo.blogspot.com/
Located Hamden, Connecticut USA
A new teacher quickly discovers that they learn more from one week of teaching than four years of education. The real learning begins the moment the classroom door closes. Well, the same is true in life.
Latest Blog Posts
- One is silver and the other gold... on Nov 9, 2009
Four short days into NaBloPoMo and I missed posting three days in a row.....Russ kept saying "You HAVE to post, it's Nablowoowho month...." (He doesn't quite get the acronym.) I kept telling him, "Be a guest poster for me, I can't do it!" but he did...
- From bad to worse on Nov 5, 2009
The stabber bit me today.
- Language on Nov 4, 2009
As a teacher, I know, theoretically, the impact that language development has on a child's learning. I had one student who received intensive special education support, not because he was learning disabled but because he was adopted and spent the fi...
- Alexander on Nov 3, 2009
There is a book that must elementary school teachers know- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day. I like to think of poor Alexander whenever I have a day like the one I had today....My morning started with a daughter who is cl...
- Happy Halloween! on Nov 2, 2009
Aliza's second Halloween was even more fun than her first.....she still doesn't quite get what trick or treating is, but tolerated her costume and even walked (and rode) around the neighborhood a bit with our two good friends and a bevy of other pare...
- Guessing game on Oct 17, 2009
Lately, meals with Aliza have been a guessing game. As in, "I guess we'll see if she'll eat some chicken." And when that doesn't work, "I guess we'll try a grilled cheese." And then when that doesn't work, "I guess some pasta."It's also a guessing ga...
- Pumpkin patch on Oct 12, 2009
We took a trip to a local orchard to pick pumpkins and apples. Aliza had a lot of fun wandering admist the pumpkins......But she had even more fun apple picking. Although, admittedly, she didn't get to pick many apples as she was awfully distracted...
