i'm certifiably insane

today, is july 6th. see? right above this, it says so.

that means: it is still summer.

however, since roughly 11 a.m. today (so for the last 7 hours!), i have been working on stuff for school.

yep. teachers never rest.

granted, i have barely lifted a finger more than the half an inch it takes to hit each key stroke. nonetheless, i have been sifting through other primary teachers blog sites, discussion boards, and even my latest addiction, pintrest, in search of new ideas to get organized and ready for the fast approaching school year!

it's not the fact that i haven't left the house. or showered, or heck, even gotten out of my pj's. it also has nothing to do with the fact i've written a 16 page parent handbook for back to school night, highlighting every minute detail of our classroom from arrival to homework to recycling (yup, even going green!). it's not even the fact that I'm considering (as a second year teacher who barely has her feet wet!) implementing a CRAZY, regimented, INDEPENDENT method of doing my literacy centers (yes i do teach kindergarten and did say INDEPENDENT?!?! (although that might be one of the reasons, for sure).

but the fact, that in my ambitions of a 2nd year teacher, I want to create a unit on teaching 5-year-olds to write a newspaper as an end of the year thematic project; and i want to write a blog about it?! yep, i am. certifiably insane that is.

my new teaching blog will be linked from this page at the top header like those other under-used headlines. and it will chronicle my 2nd year as a kindergarten teacher.

i'm ambitious. but that doesn't mean i'm not nuts.

reading through all the other teacher blogs out there, i realize just how much we have to learn from each other! I have been so blessed by the pages and pages dedicated to explaining how they do their centers, photographing the cute things from units past, and detailing their method to the madness! (and indeed, it IS madness!)

so, I'll be blogging over at www.wateringthekindergarten.blogspot.com (hehe, get it?! i love that play on words! ... lame, i know.) i figured it would be best to not make all my 8 followers (and those creepers that don't officially "Follow" -- ... dad!) read through how i taught 18 children to stand in a straight line today! (way harder than you think!)

okay, enough. i have to go ... enjoy the last couple weeks of summer vacay ...

... by reading about more school stuff i'm sure.