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Teacher Thank You Scrapbook

I am a Recess Mom, not Room Mom at my daughter’s school, yet somehow I got suckered into helping put together an end-of-the-year thank you scrapbook for a couple of educators. Granted, one of the teachers is my daughter’s homeroom teacher and the other is the music teacher, but I’m not an expert scrapper, so I refused to take on the entire job. Fortunately, the mom in charge delegated the work so that none of the moms who volunteered to help would be stuck making pages and pages of layouts solo. My task was to find a list of appropriate … Continue reading →

Ideas for Teacher Appreciation Week

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Tomorrow marks the beginning National Teacher Appreciation Week. For the past fifteen years, National Teacher Appreciation Week has been the first full week of May. In addition to National Teacher Appreciation Week, there is also a National Teacher Appreciation Day. This year that day is Tuesday, May 8th. Below I have listed some ideas to help you and your children show gratitude toward their teachers. It is close to end of the school year and many parents attend and make pictures of almost all school events. Help your child create a scrapbook for his teacher displaying pictures of all of … Continue reading →

Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In April

Imagine the strange and jazzy layouts you can make celebrating some of these wild, wacky and unusual holidays. These have been collected and compiled from various sources over the years of my teaching and we celebrated many of them in the classroom. Celebrate them with your children and family and create fun and wacky layouts! The Month of April Keep American Beautiful Month Mathematics Education Month Month Of The Young Child National Garden Month National Humor Month Pets Are Wonderful Month First Week of April is: National Reading a Road Map Week National Straw Hat Week Egg Salad Week Second … Continue reading →

Heartfelt Gratitude

My daughter’s second grade teacher has been out on sick leave for the past 11 weeks. She went in for “routine” surgery and ended up spending nearly three weeks in the hospital and another two months on bed rest. It’s been a trying time for everyone involved, including the twenty-something confused seven and eight year olds who thought they were only going to be stuck with a sub for two weeks. Mrs. J has been leading the charge for nearly three months, but now she’s moving on, and the kids are bracing for a new substitute, but that’s fodder for … Continue reading →

Looking Sharp

Thanks to a good behavior reward system designed by her second grade teacher, my daughter has accumulated a fairly impressive collection of decorative pins. Some feature ribbons and beads while others include fabric and gems. They are all beautifully constructed, and I’ve been wondering how I could help my daughter display them. Enter our neighbor. Yes, that one. The scrapbook queen of northern Wisconsin suggested we design a layout using the pretty pins. So, this weekend we found some patterned paper and used the decorative pins to embellish a double page layout. We used the bulk of the pins as … Continue reading →

The Piano Book

Just when I thought I’d seen every theme possible incorporated into a scrapbook, I visit my neighbor and learn that I’ve only scratched the surface. Her latest creation: A piano-themed scrapbook which she will gift to her granddaughter, Kiara, following her first recital. The book chronicles Kiara’s journey learning how to tickle the ivories. It is filled with photos of the 10-year-old playing the piano on different occasions, including Thanksgiving, Christmas and birthdays. My favorite layout features a timeline of Kiara’s interest in the piano and begins with a shot of her as a chubby 6-month-old sitting on her mom’s … Continue reading →

Getting it Right

A couple of days ago I posted about the end-of-the-year scrapbook I am helping to make as thank you gift to for my daughter’s teacher. I got roped into volunteering for the job, but am not the one who is actually putting together the layouts; rather, my job is to collect a series of teacher or education-related quotes which be added to the pages as embellishments, borders or titles. I shared some of my favorites in a previous post, but just found out that most of them were too long. So, I’m back at it again. I decided to search … Continue reading →

Gift Giving in a Blended Family

Gift giving in a blended family can be a tricky practice. Especially if there are several kids and several active sets of parents. Unfortunately it is rude to tell others how to shop for your children unless they specifically ask you what they might like. So how do you deal with gift giving in a blended family? It is important to recognize who the gifts are coming from. There will more than likely factor in many different people who will be shopping for your child or children. The other parent, grandparents, aunts, uncles, sisters, brothers and so on. It is … Continue reading →

End of Year Gift Giving

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Many teachers grow a strong attachment to their students. Many teachers also take many pictures and make scrapbooks of their teaching career. At the end of the year it is sort of a tradition for there to be a good-bye gift exchanged between the teacher and the students. Some teachers and some students do not take part in this tradition. However many do. Some classes take up money and give the teacher one gift. Others give individual gifts. Most parents and students like to give a gift that has sentimental value. They choose homemade gifts or personal cards, or poems … Continue reading →

Subliminal Communication 101: How to Manipulate Mates and Influence Lovers

In addition to September’s designation as Pleasure Your Mate Month, it’s also Subliminal Communications Month. “What does that have to do with marriage?” you may be wondering. Manipulation, pure and simple. Ah, but before you go judging and thinking manipulation is a bad thing, wait. Sure, manipulation has been put to many a dark use, but it is not inherently evil. Quite the contrary. Why I Use It Wayne would tell you I’ve almost mastered the fine art of manipulation. I will admit he’s right. I’ve had a good apprenticeship, though. It started in college, as part of my major … Continue reading →