The Beginnings of a New Classroom

One of my favorite parts of teaching was decorating my classroom. Some things never change! Our "classroom"is in one of the corners of our guest room so I had to coordinate the colors of our materials with the room. I was able to go to two teaching stores last week and shop with my girls for supplies. The lady at the counter asked me where I taught. I replied "I teach at home." I am sure she thought why do you need bulletin board border at home. For those of you who know me well, know I could open a store and just sell border. I love it! 

So, once I got home the decorating began and has not stopped. However, I am still looking for that moment when I walk into the room and it makes me feel refreshed because it is complete with all the right "touches". I felt this same way when decorating my 4th grade classroom, as well as overwhelmed about all the standards I needed to cover. Now, thankfully I only have one standard to teach towards.  In Proverbs 22:6 "Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. " Even though this standard is overwhelming on many days, I am so excited to embark on the journey of teaching my little ones at home! Praise the Lord for opportunity to find joy in what we love!

"Good Morning Teacher Mommy" are the sweet words I love to hear from my two year old each morning at the beginning of school. However, it is has been a "desire of the heart" in the making for many years. Most of my memories as a child are of me playing school for hours on end any where I could find a space. Many of my days included grading pretend papers, writing lesson plans, teaching "students", making bulletin boards etc. My desire of being a teacher finally came true in 2002 when I began a six year journey as a fourth grade teacher. During my second and third year I earned a masters and thought my dreams would continue as an administrator of teachers. But the Lord had other plans! I met Joey while getting my masters and was married the week after graduation. Two years later we were blessed with our first little girl and two years after that our second girl ,therefore the teaching began. Now I am completing real lesson plans for our first full year of homeschool preschool. So, I decided to share some of my experiences with you as "teacher mommy".