Archive for December, 2007

Merry Christmas!

December 20th, 2007

Today there is one more day of school left before break.  I’ve been watching the Nutcracker with both the the 1st and 2nd grades.  So far it’s been a hit.  The boys enjoy the fight scene while the girls are enamored by all the pretty costumes. 
 On Tuesday we had our only Christmas concert in Iroquois [...]

Kid safe searching on the net

December 20th, 2007

http://www.robinraskin.com/blog/2007/09/11/hands-on-advice-for-keeping-kids-safer/

One down, two to go!

December 14th, 2007

The kids sang and performed beautifully yesterday at our make-up Christmas Concert. I was amazed at the huge number of parents that made it to listen to our program! Our little gym was PACKED. But a number of good things came from the event. I realized that everyone can hear the [...]

To Reschedule or Not to Reschedule

December 11th, 2007

Due to icy roads school was cancelled yesterday. Along with school my Pre-K to 3rd grade Christmas program got cancelled too. Now the problem begins…….Scheduling a date for this program is tricky at best in September. At this time during the year it’s almost impossible to get the MS gym. Right [...]

Program Stress

December 5th, 2007

Another year full of 3 different Christmas Concerts is pulling up fast.  Every year I tell myself not to get stressed and every year I stress any way.  I remember in my first 3 years of teaching it seemed like I had time to cover EVERY aspect of the upcoming program with my elementary kids.  [...]