Are you currently building a home and are wondering if you will regret the choices you will make? Here are my top 5 design choices that I would dpick again!

Purposefully developing relationships with parents is so very important to our classroom learning community. I want parents to feel that they are part of our learning community and know that we are all a team doing everything we can to help their child reach their fullest potential: Parent/Teacher/Child. I start out the year meeting parents during our Kindergarten Screening process. I wanted parents to be able to create something special for their child while they were waiting so I put our this invitation for them. I want parents to remember how they felt when offered this invitation! Some may have been a little nervous to try, yet they rose to the challenge, even though it was hard. Many were amazed at what they were able to create using the wire as they had never used it before in this manner! Many were very proud of their accomplishment. Many got lost in their art because they were so focused! Also, they all had felt safe just trying their best! Now, here is the connection I want my parents to make: This is exactly what happens when I put out an invitation in our room for their children. These invitations invite their children freely explore or rise to the challenge! It helps them try something new, making them use important critical and creative thinking skills which are needed so much for their future success in school and beyond! As the year goes on, they will use writing skills as they learn them to document what they created or noticed. If I could do this again, I would have a book about wire sculptures for them to use as a resource, as books will be included with the invitations in our room for them to develop reading skills and use as resources. I hope this shows parents how their children will learn new things by visiting the different areas in our room! After school started, the kids were invited to learn how to use liquid watercolors and Sharpie markers as they created self portraits. We took their parent's wire sculptures, note, and their self portrait and put them together in our hallway to display how we view children! Our image of the child. When we had an open house, I had some more invitations set up for parents to take part in, again, to help create this important home-school connection! One was some rocks and sharpies with the invitation to write their hopes and dreams for their children. These will stay in our classroom for the children to visit in our Library Area which is also our quiet, calming area for when they need it. Many times, if kids are sad, these rocks bring them some comfort from home. Another invitation invited them to create a string of beads and add them to what we call our Peace Wreath. It is a reminder of our peaceful community with each other and our efforts to create a peaceful atmosphere for their children. It was an opportunity for them to work with their child as a team to create something beautiful for our classroom. It also serves as a reminder to kids that when we are in this room, we will create amazing things together. At the end of the year, these beads will be joined with the ones created by families in past years which are part of a beautiful class chandelier, making them a part of this classroom in the years to come! Home/School connections are very important to me! I hope that parents will feel welcome and valued as we take this journey with their child!

We all make mistakes, and I must admit I made a bunch of them when I built my home, here is podcast about my top 8 biggest mistakes while building my house

In 2021, I shared my home binder on TikTok and it went viral. When we moved into our home, I decided I wanted a way to keep track of all the information about our house including the information that we got from the builder when we bought the house, the warranty details, appliance information, etc.

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It makes doing evaluations and providing therapy easier when the forms are organized. I am self employed, so sometimes it is hard for me to find and get forms that I like, so I make my own. Here are some forms that I have made and use. Therapy Paperwork Forms Evaluation Forms Documentation Forms...

Have you ever heard people who have just moved into a new home say.....I wish I had thought of that when I was building or I wish my contractor had suggested that to me? I've said before tha

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I went traveling… and came home to zero clients. Yep - zero. Nada. Not even a small project. Because I had been busy traveling through Thailand, I hadn't put any time or effort into promoting my services and booking clients for when I returned to the UK. I just hoped clients would find me.&

This questionnaire is my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE for the first day of school! It helps me to get to know students right away- their likes/dislikes, preferred names/pronouns, and their perceptions about themselves. I use the information on this questionnaire throughout the year- when I am making positive phone calls home, when I am choosing a soundtrack for independent work time, and when I want to connect with students and build personal relationships- the kids who agree with my favorite candy or TV show will be positively affirmed that they have good taste! This Resource Includes: A Student Handout with the following sections: The Basics Family All About You Favorites Academics Future Self Perception Some Final Things A Helpful Page of teacher instructions and tips for implementation! I have made this resource fillable so you can adjust the questions within the sections to your classroom- maybe your district doesn't permit you to ask certain questions or you don't want to know your students' social media information- everything can be adjusted to your liking. Please note- the category headings are not editable. I hope you find this resource as useful for your classroom as I do!

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Have you ever heard people who have just moved into a new home say.....I wish I had thought of that when I was building or I wish my contractor had suggested that to me? I

I was in middle school the last time a major solar eclipse passed over my hometown. Some teachers supplied us with glasses and others helped us buil

Star Wars films (pre-Disney) were a big part of my childhood growing up. My brother and I would watch them again and again, and then when we had friends over, we'd make them watch the films again too. When it came to writing college applications, my brother actually wrote his essay on Luke Skywalker

Domosed SS (slab serif) typeface was build during lockdown. As a result of home sitting it appears in two weights. It refers to Italian futurism when all generation understand global changes of industrial revolution. The forth industrial revolution appears with new rules but the main idea is the same – simplifying the processes. Causing the vibe of a bright phenomenon I want you to use my font to match to zeitgeist.

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Remodeling your bathroom but don't want to spend a fortune? Even the most basic bath tub can be expensive. We all want to save money while remodeling. But when you are flipping homes, it's even more crucial to curb costs wherever possible while creating a superior product. My partner, Lance, came u