Well, that's a blog post title we never imagined needing to write... What you are witnessing our teacher friends is super sleuth detective work a crisis a minor issue... Blame it on the unlucky number in the year 2013, Corporate cutbacks, or the world plotting against teacher summer sanity, but late the other night, we made a Back to School discovery... Most of the two-pocket 2013 folders out there have shorter inside pockets this year! Shorter by exactly 1 inch, to be exact. And, YES we ... VIEW POST
Size DOES Matter…
Homework Folders…They’re Not Just For Home Anymore
We've been scouring the stores. We're stocking up people. 2 Pocket Folders are our mission. With Prongs. Without Prongs. However many we can grab before hitting our limit. Throwing cash at our children, asking them to please help Mommy by purchasing their limit too. It is not child labor, we assure you... It's summer math practice. You know, counting money and such. Even the cashier complimented us on how "educational" we were. We blushed. Pish...Score! But, before we used our children as ... VIEW POST
Homework Folders Update!
We've just finished updating all 10 of our original Homework Folders. Why you ask? They were actually fine the way they were. But, you know what happens when you give just a little too much summer to teachers... They find ways to avoid cleaning out home clutter keep busy. So, what's new? We've added a few new features to all of our folders for the new school year... We really love the covers of the units we made last year...So much so, that we decided to offer an option for the homework ... VIEW POST
Homework Folders Frenzy!
We're trying so very hard not to look. One day it's summer sizzle, and the next day back to school fizzle. Dear Target, It is summer. We do not go back to school for 45 days. Forty five. Thank you. P.S. We love you. P.S.S. A lot. And then it happened. No, not the part where we went to Target two days in a row. There was good reason. Folders everywhere are arriving on shelves and prices are dropping. Now's the time. It's an annual summer job for us and one we actually look ... VIEW POST
Sharing is Caring! Giveaway
Happy Thanksgiving Friends! Our list of things to be thankful for grew just a bit this year...From our Facebook Page, Pinterest Boards, TpT, to this bitty Blog of ours, this sharing community of educators we have found picks us up when we're down, humbles us when we're up, and just keeps us putting one foot in front of the other each day. We are so thankful for each and every one of you! Thank you for challenging us to be better teachers after 15 years of teaching. Thank you for making us ... VIEW POST
Labor Daying…
Happy Labor Day Friends! We know many of you, like us, are laboring away. Catching up. Trying to stay afloat. For those of us who have started, today comes as a blessing to make sense of all that has been loaded onto our plates...We've only been into school 3 times so far this weekend and trip number 4 will happen before noon today. Welcome Back! For those of you who work for the smartest schools in the world starting after Labor Day! are about to meet and greet your new faces, today ... VIEW POST