Here we go. 20th year! 10th year in 2nd grade! Where has the time gone?! Today I want to talk about what I have learned in the last few years (crazy journey we've been on huh?) It is.... Give yourself grace the first 6 weeks of school! I no longer start the first week of school with the mindset that I'm gonna get up early and workout, come home do a load of laundry, cook a healthy meal etc. etc. NOW I tell myself you may not workout for 6 weeks and it's OK, laundry may pile up (I warn my family), I'm not gonna cook much (I warn my family-actually they know by now). I may let myself stay later at school, maybe even a weekend BUT THEN after 6 weeks are up I implement the rest of it back in my life. This is the best advice I can give to young teacher families. What have you learned about home/work balance??
Thanks for entering my give away. I am so glad I found your blog since it looks like you use the Journeys reading curriculum...my district is switching to that next school year so I am looking for good resources to match up with it:)
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Kindergarten Kel
I get hesitant to bring out the dry erase boards early in the year too!
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Apples and ABC's
Ahh...dry erase boards. Some years I can bring them out early and some years I can't. This year I strictly used them in small groups and gradually moved to whole group. Worked for this class...we will see next year. Cute post! =)
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