Yeah, yeah…I’m a little behind with this recap, but give me a break – it was a busy time of year! Here are some highlights from the end of 2013 in my Grade 3 class (teachers, feel free to borrow for your own use next year): November Writing: As we continued to work on writing […] Read more…
On Wednesday morning, six moms bravely descended upon my classroom to assist with the Grade 3 Christmas Craft morning. Here’s what we accomplished (with my new Mariah Carey “Merry Christmas” CD playing in the background – my first teacher gift of the year – and the Holiday Yule Log video playing on the SmartBoard. I […] Read more…
It’s been a busy month in the Grade 3 class, and at our school! Some highlights from October: Cross Country I usually hit the ground running (literally) at the start of the year, coaching our school’s Cross Country team. We started the month of October taking our team of 85 students to our Family of […] Read more…
Last fall, I wrote about the Hearts For Hearts dolls (Changing The World One Heart At A Time) that my girls would be receiving for Christmas, and predicted that they would be a hit…and they sure were! (A sign of successful Christmas gifts is when the kids are still playing with them in October.) When I […] Read more…
I’m making it a goal this year to share a monthly roundup of all of the great things that have been happening at school, partly as a way for me to record what has gone well so I can attempt to repeat it again in the future, but also because I figure that I should […] Read more…
If you’re a regular here at This Mom Loves, you know how much this mom loves Marci Ien, cohost of CTV’s Canada AM. She was my very first Momterview, and even let me go behind the scenes at Canada AM last summer which was a very exciting experience for me. I thought Marci would be […] Read more…
You know how excited I get about organization, and today I’m thrilled to welcome Jessica Johnson from http://www.extraspace.com, here to offer her back-to-school organizational tips! ************** Shift Your Organizational Gears for Back-to-School Time With summer’s end on the horizon, it’s time to start thinking about ramping back up for school. But instead of groaning, approach […] Read more…
When the temperature is soaring, what better place to spend the day than at the air-conditioned LEGOLAND Discovery Centre, located at Vaughan Mills? (The fact that it’s attached to a huge shopping centre is a bonus for moms!) With over 3 million bricks under one roof, this destination is an absolute must for LEGO fans…and […] Read more…
So, I just read The Great Gatsby for the first time (yes, because of the movie!) and I realized that I really haven’t read many English classics. I was a French major, so most of my English lit was studied in high school, where I remember poetry, a lot of modern selections, and Shakespeare (specifically […] Read more…
According to a tidbit in the April issue of Parents magazine, French president Francois Hollande has proposed a ban on homework. When Parents asked their readers, 65% were in favor of banning homework in the US, and 35% were against. What do you think? As a parent (note that my girls are only in JK and […] Read more…