That's just what I did yesterday as I traveled to my school to paint some shelves and organize some math manipulatives. Anyone who has met Mona, can without a doubt tell you that she is a "mama's girl" so there was no question that she would be tickled to accompany me to work. I can't say she was much help but she certainly brought energy and a certain charisma to my classroom as my pal, Olivia and I worked to prepare my room for the upcoming school year. As we transformed two hunter green shelves to a fun Barney purple, organized a disastrous mess of construction paper and grouped math manipulatives into containers according to content areas, Mona watched, rested and barked...a lot. She seemed to enjoy herself just fine.
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| On the ride home. Don't let the drowsy, drained look on her face fool you. She didn't lift a paw! |
While Olivia and I did get lots of good work done yesterday, the highlight of my trip to school came when I got to open and view all my new teaching goodies. Few things excite a teacher more than fresh school supplies...and I got lots of them! I was super-duper excited!
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| Just one of my stacks of goodies! |
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| Expo markers, construction paper, paint pens, oh my! |
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| Let's get crafty! |
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| Mr. Sketch markers...scentsational! |
Wouldn't you be pumped, too? And there's even more I forgot to snap pictures of. Gobs more construction paper. You might say, "Wow! That's a lot of construction paper!" I would then have to reply with "You have obviously never taught first grade." I have to say that I am very fortunate to work at a school that always manages to provide its teachers with everything they need to run an effective, engaging classroom. Our teachers and kids at North Middletown Elementary are very blessed. If I had a twitter account, my hashtag at the current moment would be #nmesrocks!
Hope you have a rockin' weekend!
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