Education
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Teacher Appreciation on a Budget — Simple Gifts That Feel Personal (and Don’t Look Rushed)
For a lot of children attending public school they will be getting out of school this week for the Summer. This usually hits somewhere between the last permission slip and the first stack of returned notebooks. The school year is almost over, and suddenly there’s that quiet realization that someone has been showing up every single day, holding a room together, keeping patience steady when things weren’t easy, and somehow making learning feel possible even on the messy days. And then the question shows up right alongside it: what do you give for that person who did that and even gave unconditional love on the hard days? Not something expensive.…
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Why We Miss Trapper Keepers, Lisa Frank & School Shopping So Much
It seems like I like to age myself because today I thought I would share Trapper Keepers, Lisa Franks Stickers and School Shopping back in the day when I went to school. When Dinosaurs roamed the Earth as Charlie likes to say. LOL Not.. Eye roll. For me there was a very specific kind of excitement that used to come with school shopping, and most of it had nothing to do with actual school supplies. It was the feeling of standing in an aisle surrounded by bright folders, shiny pens, themed binders, and sticker packs that somehow made the idea of homework feel almost fun for a minute. Did you…
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Last Day of School Celebration Sheet — Free End of Year Coloring Printable for Kids
I remember when Charlie was attending public school and even #Homeschool the kitchen table still held the shape of the school year in it, even after everything had been cleared away. Which what a few families will be facing this week as school comes to a end for the year. We may see a few faint pencil dents in the dining room table, a stray eraser crumb tucked near the edge, the soft memory of mornings that started with structure and ended with “just one more page.” Today, though, it didn’t feel like routine. It felt like release. In my home there was a moment where nothing needed to be…
