Last week I left work on time one day and went to spend an hour getting my tootsies painted. The favorite thing is not painted tootsies, it...

I have a couple of students with Autism or Autistic-like behaviors (an actual thing when the diagnosis isn't clear on an educational lev...

I noticed J. nibbling at his pickles.  Here is the conversation that followed (he speaks very precisely.): Me: J.  Whatcha doin...

I was going to title this post "god-light".  You know, the light that sometimes shines through the clouds and, some say, looks all...

This week's quote falls In the category of things I never thought I'd need to say. The scene earlier today... A. is quite conce...

Today two of my kidlets were humming a few bars from Europe's "Final Countdown."  A third kidlet joined in.  While I was still...

Ms. M:  Happy Birthday R.  Here's your birthday pencil! R:  Is that all? Ms. M: (gives "the look") R:  I mean thank you.

T'was the first day back from a two-week vay-cay.  All the punkin' heads were reading their books.  Ms. M. notices A. leafing a litt...

Student walks in, reaches into his pocket and says, in a decent Scarface impression: "Say 'allo to my little... " Student ...

For Spirit Day yesterday, I used a project inspired by the book Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold . In this story a girl imagines she is flyi...

Earlier this year our little program was in the depths of student misbehavior. A couple of strong role models were pretty much running the...

J. showed up in my room today with a note from the teacher next door that said "Please keep him busy as long as you can."  This m...

M. has a cough.  It is an obnoxious cough and quite distracting.  M. comes to school anyway and does not have a ride home if he is sick. ...

Teachers are like camels.  We can hold our water all day if we need to.   It is quite a hassle to orchestrate a trip to the ladies room, so ...

Student--"Ms M.--how's this?"   (holds up what appears to be a pencil outline of California) Me: "Looks good!" (gi...

We are reading the book Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo.  In it, Miss Franny Block tells the story of Littmus W. Block, who create...